Mixed Vegetable Sambar - Karnataka Style

Ingredients

• • Drumsticks - 3
• • Brinjal - ¼ kg
• • Onions (small, peeled) - 15
• • Potato - 1
• • French beans - few
• • Tomatoes - 2
• • Tamarind extract (thick) - ¼ cup
• • Thuar dal (cooked) - ½ cup
• • Salt - as required
• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Jaggery - as required

Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coriander seeds - 1 tablespoon
• • Red chillies - 8
• • Bengal gram dal - 2 teaspoons
• • Fenugreek - ¼ teaspoon
• • Poppy seeds - 2 teaspoons
• • Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
• • Cloves - 2
• • Coconut (grated) - ¼ cup
• • Tomatoes (chopped) - ¼ cup

Method

• 1. Fry the "For Grinding together" spices in little oil and grind with ¼ cup grated fresh coconut and chopped tomatoes to smooth paste.
• 2. Cut all the vegetables into 2 inch long pieces.
• 3. Heat little oil, add mustard seeds to splutter, add small onions and fry for few minutes.
• 4. Add vegetables one by one according to its frying time and stir for few minutes.
• 5. Pour diluted tamarind extract and cook till vegetables become tender.
• 6. Mix ground paste, mashed dal, salt, jaggery and cook till gravy comes to desired consistency.