Quick Vegetable Sambhar

Reposted from: http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/11/quick-vegetable-sambhar.html

I can call this sambhar as bachelor's sambhar, yep this dish is really very quick to make and definitely an easy breezy dish, gets ready in very less time. Just you need a pressure cooker, this is a pressure cooker sambhar. I do this sambhar quite often if i have sudden guests at home or else whenever i feel like lazy.This sambhar dont even need onions or garlic, so you can have this gravy for a fasting day. Coming to this sambhar, i used mixed dals and variety of veggies, just put everything together which goes for pressure cooking which i spiced up with sambhar powder, tempered spices and lemon juice.

Whenever i go to farmer's market, back home i usually prepare my frozen veggies either by slicing or chopping them, as they are really handy for making quick foods,also they wont lose their vitamins once they get freezed. If you have frozen veggies,this sambhar is super easy to make.

1/4cup Toordal
1/4cup Moongdal
1/4cup Masoor dal
2cups Chopped mixed veggies (carrot,turnips,eggplants,bellpeppers and potatoes)
1no Tomato (chopped)
1tbsp Sambhar powder
1/2tsp Red chilly powder
1tbsp Lemon juice
1tsp Mustard seeds,urad dal,cumin seeds
2nos Dry red chillies
Few curry leaves
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
Salt
Oil

Wash the dals together, transfer it to the pressure cooker.

Add the mixed veggies,tomato,sambhar powder,chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt to the dals, add 3cups of water and pressure cook it for 3whistles.

Once the steam get released, mash slightly the prepared sambhar with a spoon and keep aside.

Meanwhile,heat enough oil in a pan, let splutters the mustard seeds,urad dal,cumin seeds and asafoetida powder, add the dry red chillies and curry leaves. Fry it until they turns brown.

Add this tempered spices,lemon juice to the sambhar,give a stir.

Serve hot with rice.