Leela's Kitchen

Ingredients

1 cup - Tur dal

Lemon size Tamarind pulp

3 tbsp - Oil

1/4 cup - White Pumpkin

1/4 cup - Padval

1/4 cup - Brinjal

1/4 cup - Arabi/Qura

1/4 cup - Beans

1/2 cup - Tomato

1/2 cup - Lady's finger

1/2 cup - Small onions

1drumstick

1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp - Chilly powder

2 - 3 tsp - Sambar powder

1 tsp - Hing

Salt to taste

For Seasoning

1 tsp - Oil

1 tbsp - Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp - Methi seeds

2 - Red chilly

Curry leaves

1. Cut the vegetables into medium size pieces.
2. Cook dal in pressure cooker for 4 whistles till soft. Keep aside.
3. Soak tamarind in hot water and extract tamarind water.
4. Heat oil in a Kadai and add all the vegetables except drumstick,lady’s finger and tomatoes. Fry the vegetables for 5 minutes and add turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt, tarmarind pulp and sambar powder. Fry for “2-3 minutes. Add this into the dal in the cooker with 3 or 4 cup of water and pressure cook it for 2 whistles. After the cooker cools down open the lid and add tomatoes,drumstick and lady’s finger. Check the constituency of water, it should neither be thick nor too watery. Now cook it till the lady’s finger turn tender. Add hing/ asafoetida.

For Seasoning