Mullangi Sambar / Raddish Sambar

Ingredients:

• White Raddish - 1, washed and cut into thin round slices
• Toor dal / Tuvar dal/ Tuvaram Paruppu - pressure cooked with turmeric powder and 1 tspn Sesame oil
• Pearl onions/Shallots/Chopped onion 
• Chopped Tomato - 1, big
• Mustard and Cumin seeds
• Curry leaves
• Hing/Asafoetida powder/Perungaya thool
• Dry Red chilies
• Tamarind pulp (tamarind soaked in warm water and strained)
• Sambar masala or just Coriander powder
• Turmeric powder/Haldi/Manjal thool
• Red Chili powder(optional)
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Instructions:

• Heat oil in a Kadai and add Mustard and Cumin seeds
• When it crackles, add curry leaves, dry red chilies and hing
• In a minute, add chopped onion and raddish - saute till slightly brown
• Add chopped tomato, haldi and salt - let it cook till mushy
• Add Sambar masala or simply the chili powder and coriander powder - let it boil for 5-10 minutes till the raddish is cooked well
• Add the cooked toor dal along with the water in which it was cooked- let it boil another 5 minutes
• Add the tamarind pulp, adjust the taste for salt and spicyness
• When it starts boiling again, turn off the burner and garnish with chopped coriander leaves