Radish Sambar - Sambar with mooli

Hello All,

Radish is consumed as salad, and made parathas. This is a simple tasty sambar made with Radish as main ingredient. You may use white or red radish which ever is available. Whole dish is prepared in pressure cooker reducing the cooking time, with a final tadka.

Ingredients (Servings 4)

1. Radish peeled & sliced- 2
2. Small onion - 8 to 10 whole 
3. Tomato - Small or medium sized cut in large pieces
4. Moong dal - 1/2 cup (you may use toor dal or masoor dal if you like)
5. Tamarind juice
6. Sambar powder as per taste - 2 tb spn to 3
7. Salt
8. Coriander leaves along with stem preferred

For tadka (Tempering) - Oil, mustard seed, whole red chili, Curry leaves and a pinch of hing (Asafoetida)

Preparation:

1. In a pressure cooker add the washed dal, radish, onion, tomato, little tamarind juice, sambar powder .
2. Add water and salt. check the seasoning as this would change after cooking too. 
3. close the lid, and after first whistle reduce the heat. Cook for 5 - 7 min and turn off heat
4. Once the pressure is gone, open the cooker check for seasoning. Add accordingly
5. Switch on the flame, add coriander leaves
6. Make tadka and add to this, bring to a boil switch off the flame
7. Serve this with rice.