Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, south india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Sambar, curry,kulambhu | Take with : Rice, idli, dosa

Ingredients

• Vendakkai [ladies finger in english, okra or bhindi in hindi] - 1 cup
• Toor dal – ½ cup
• Tamarind water – 1 ½ tbsp [soak tamarind in warm water[5 min], squeeze &extract water]tamarind
• Tomato – 1 [chopped]
• Sambar Onion [Shallots] – 7
• Dry red chilli -1
• Green chilli - ½ [Slit]
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Jaggery – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed
  

For roasting and grinding ingredients

• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tbsp [dry roast & grind separately]
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Peppercorns – 4
• Heat pan then dry roast above ingredients & grind to fine or coarse powder

Method

• Wash & cut ladies finger into ½ pieces.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan then add ladies finger pieces sauté for 5 to 8 min. [Don’t add too much oil]
• Boil toor dal with turmeric in cooker for 4 whistles.
• Heat pan with oil then add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Add Bengal gram, urad dal & sambar onion sauté till soft.
• Add garlic, dry chilli, & curry leaves sauté. Then add fenugreek powder, asafetida sauté gently.
• Add tomato sauté till soft. Add parboiled drumstick, sprinkle turmeric & red chilli powder sauté well.
• Then add freshly ground cumin, coriander & pepper powder sauté well.
• Add boiled toor dal, salt mix well. Then add tamarind water & let it boil.
• When boiling add jaggery mix well & cut off heat.
• Sprinkle coriander leaves & serve hot with rice, idli or dosa.

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