The way I do it

Having become a seasoned sambar maker , thought of sharing my sambar making experiences with you guys. All my room partners are Marathi Manoos and the first day when I offered them to make sambar for dinner , they were really happy as we were having plain dal/Rice for the last couple of days. Finally i started with the process of making sambar . First the sambar dal was cooked for around 45 mins , as we did not have a cooker. Once that was done , i started with sambar and in the process of making it , after a few minutes , first i felt it would really be thick , so added some water & after 5 mins changed my decision and added some more sambar powder. After a few iterations it really looked like the valva of a volcano from the top , with the various layers hidden inside. Finally it was more of watered down version of sambar powder on dal & eventually my RPs liked the taste of it (what else can they do , it was around half past ten @ night). Thank GOd , it did not have any master-effects on my stomach & the day passed off.

Next time i assured myself that this time it is going to be great and after a bit of analysis , came to the conclusion about what i really missed in my last attempt . It was the missing vegetable which i concluded , for the lack of taste. I went ahead with 200 GMS of Ladies Finger and to improve the mix , i boilded it with the dal. This resulted in some sort of viscous mix , which after the next few steps , resulted in a more unrealistic version of sambar. No need to mention , this was again accepted by my RPs.

Stung badly by my inner voice , i decided to act in a more prepared manner. I went to one of my friend , recorded the recipe in my mind & saw him making sambar from the scratch. It was the judgement day and here is how i went ahead with the recipe. The recipe is for you here

Take three handfuls of dal , clean it by rinsing thrice or more. Put atleast twice the amount of water for the dal to boil. Put this in a cooker & let it go on till you hear a minimum of 4 whistles. Keep it aside and take a clean vanali , without any traces of water on it. Pour some oil , let it for few more minutes till it starts boiling. Add some seeragam , rai , vendayam, chopped onions & green chillies and keep stirring till the onions start turning a bit brown. Add some ginger paste , imli water , two heaped spoonfuls of Sambar powder , salt & chilli powder to taste. After a few minutes add the boild dal & the vegetables. Keep it on flames , till the mixture starts to boil and the moment the raw smell of the mixture is taken over by the sweet aroma of Sambhar , turn of the burner. Add some chopped coriander leaves for seasoning and your easy make sambhar is ready. Mind you , after this occasion , i started making real good sambar and have received rave reviews from my RPs.

P:S : Following this amateur recipe might lead to various unpredictable effects on your stomach and the author or his recipe cannot be held in any way for those incidents.