Drumstick Sambar

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu
• ¼ cup Masoor Dal
• ¼ cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
• 6 to 7 peeled Shallots / Sambar Onion
• 1 large Drumstick cut into pieces
• 2 tbsp tamarind pulp
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 3 to 4 tbsp Homemade Sambar Powder
• For Seasoning:
• 1 tbsp Ghee / Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
• ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing

Method:

• Wash all the dals really well. Add it to a pot along with shallots. Cover with water.
• Bring it to boil, cover and simmer for 15 mins till the daln is ¾th cooked.
• Now add in drumstick, salt, sugar, tamarind pulp, sambar powder and mix well.
• Bring this to boil and simmer again for 20 to 25 mins till everything is cooked.
• Now make seasoning by heating ghee and crackling mustard and cumin. Add in asafoetida and mix well.
• Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
• Serve.