Idli Sambar

Ingredients
Thoor Dal – 1 cup
Tomato – 3nos
Small onion – 6nos
Curry leaf- 1 String
Corrinader leaves- 2tsp (chopped)
Turmeric powder- As reqd
Sambar powder- 3stspn
Salt – to taste
Fenugreek seeds – ¼ tspn
Garlic pods- 4nos (Smashed)
Green Chilli- 2 nos
Hing powder- Pinch
Gingely oil- 3 tspn
Seeragam/Cumin seeds – 1 tspn
Mustard seeds – 1 tspn
Preparation
Pressure cook the thoor dal along with tomatoes. Once it get cooled smash them using egg beater. (I used the hand one)

Cut the onion lengthwise. Slit the green chilli.

Heat a kadai and add gingely oil. Once the oil gets hot add fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds. Once its pop out add seeragam/cumin seeds, hing powder and fry it for few seconds. Then add onions, curry leaves, smashed garlic and slit green chilli. Cook it for few seconds.

Then add the mashed thoor dal, salt, turmeric powder and sambar powder. Allow it to boil. Once it started to boil add chopped coriander and a spoon of gingely oil.

Serve it hot with soft idli.

Note: - Usually, I add 1 tspn of idli batter before I remove the sambar from the stove. This will thicken the sambar and tastes good.Those who deosnt like the taste of garlic in sambar, you can avoid it.