Mango Sambar / Mixed Vegetable sambar with Mango

Ingredients

Potato -1 

Carrot - 1

Tomato -1

Mango pieces - few [Here I have used only the mango seed. you can either use mango or this, according to your convenience.]

Tamarind juice - 3tablespoons (adjust with the sourness of the mango)

Sambar powder - 1tablespoon 

Salt

Sugar (optional) - 1/2teaspoon

To pressure cook

Thoor dal / Thuvaram paruppu - 1/4cup (50 grams) 

Tomato -1

Turmeric powder - 1/4teaspoon

Few drops of cooking oil 

To temper 

Oil - 2 teaspoons

Mustard seeds -1/2teaspoon

Cumin seeds -1/2teaspoon

Hing - a generous pinch 

Small onion/ Sambar onion -6 

Red chilly -1 

Few curry leaves 

Method 

Pressure cook the dal - tomato,turmeric powder, few drops of oil with enough water and keep it aside.

Add the chopped potato, carrot, tomato pieces in a pan, add the mango seed /(mango pieces) with  about half a cup of water and cook.

Once the vegetables are cooked add the cooked dal with them.

Add in the tamarind water, sambar powder, salt and sugar. 

Adjust the water and let it boil nicely.

Make the tempering separately with the list given under "to temper"..

...and pour it over the sambar. Switch off the flame.

Garnish with cilantro and serve with white rice, papad and some veggie.