Prepare Tamarind Juice – soak 1/2 tablespoon tamarind in 3-tablespoons of hot water for 10-15 minutes, mash it with a spoon and strain it using a sieve and discard the solids.

Add toor dal, turmeric powder and 1 cup water in 3-4 liters capacity steel or aluminum pressure cooker. Add mixed vegetables in a small container, place it inside the pressure cooker and close the cooker lid. Pressure cook over medium flame for 3-4 whistles. For this recipe we used 1/4 cup potato, 1/4 cup brinjal, 1/4 cup carrot and 1/4 cup French beans as mixed vegetables.

Heat 1 tblspn oil in a pan over medium flame add mustard seeds add curry leaves dry red chillies for 15 minutes cook it

Add chopped onion

Add tamarind and cook for 2 min

Add tomatoes and sambhar powder cook for minute Add mashed veggies water amd salt

Boil for 7 minutes