Milagu sambar/Pepper sambhar

Ingredients:

Toor Dhal:1/2 cup

onion:1

garlic:4

haldi:1/4 tsp

asafoetida:1/4 tsp

Red chillies:4

pepper:1-2 tsp(powdered coarsely)

tamarind-golf ball size

curry leaves-a few

Oil-2 tbsp

Method:

Pressure cook toor dhal along with onion,garlic,haldi,asafoetida until it is well cooked. Now, soak the tamarind in water (1/4 cup of water)and squeeze out the juice from it.Add the juice to the mashed toor dhal along with little water and mix well by adding required amount of salt and keep aside.Take a kadai add oil.once the oil is heated add red chillies and powdered pepper . Wait for few seconds and add this to the mashed toor dhal.Mix well and again keep on the stove for few minutes .Switch off the stove after 2 or 3 boils.Garnish with curry leaves.

Note:This is a very different type of sambhar with more medicinal taste.It is neither thick like our usual sambhar nor thin like rasam.Its somewhere in between with very good flavour.It really helps to have it during cough/cold.try it and please post your comments.