Rice to water ratio - 1:2.25

Dal -- add enough water so that the Dal is immersed completely

Add any vegetables on the Dal if needed

Put these in a cooker and let it cook for 4 whistles. Turn the flame from high to medium after the first whistle

Take a pan, Add imli to 1/4 cup of water and heat it. Once heated, squeeze the imli and remove the junk to obtain imli juice

Heat imli juice, then add Sambar powder and Salt

Let this heat and cook for around a minute and mix well

Add Dal from the cooker to the imli juice cocktail and let it boil for sometime

Add curry leaves (optional)

Add water to this mixture if needed to achieve sambar consistency and allow this to boil for sometime

Tadka

Heat ghee

Add mustard seeds, let it crackle

Turn the flame off, then add hing and mix well

Transfer the tadka to sambar and mix well