Venkaya sambar (Onion sambar)

Ingredients:

chana dal or dal - 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

Tamarind paste - 2 spoons

Sambar powder- 1 spoon

Red chillies- 2

Chopped onions- 1

Mustard seeds- 1/2 spoon    

Fenugreek seeds- 1/2 spoon

Salt - 1 spoon

Jeera- 1/2 spoon

asafetida - 1/2 tea spoon

Curry leaves and coriander leaves

Green chilli - 1

Preparation:

1) Cook the dal with turmeric and salt with the exact amount of water.

2) Add sambar powder to the tamarind paste

3) Heat some oil in a pan and add Mustard seeds, Jeera, red chillies, Onions

and fry them

4) Add fenugreek seeds and asafetida

5) Add the cooked dal

6) After the dal boils add tamarind paste (mixed with the sambar powder)

7) Add the curry leaves, coriander leaves and green chillies at the end of

the process