Radish Sambar

Preparation time-20 mins
Serves-4
Ingredients:
1 cup toor dal
500 gms radish
2 onions
2 sps tamarind paste
2 sps MTR sambar powder
3 green chillies & 2 red chillies
1 sp urad dal
1 sp mustard seeds
4 pods of garlic; 8 curry leaves
pinch of hing and a pinch of turmeric
4-5 pinches salt
1/2 sp chilly powder
coriander to garnish
3 sps sunflower oil
Method:

1. Soak toor dal for 10mins in water and then cook it under pressure for 3 whistles.
2. Allow it to cool and then blend the cooked dal into fine paste adding salt to it.
3. Meanwhile in a deep sauce pan,heat 2 glasses of filter water mixing tamarind paste in it.
4. Chop radish into thin circles,I would like to chop the bunch leaves as well.This gives a different taste to it.
5. Now cut onions into medium pieces (not fine).Add radish,radish leaves(if you like)and onion to the boiling tamarind water.Add sambar powder now.Close the lid and allow them to cook for 5-7mins.
6. Add blended dal to this pan after the radish pieces are soft.
7. Put turmeric,chilly powder,slit green chillies,chopped garlic in it and close the lid and allow it to boil for 5mins on low flame.
8. Prepare seasoning in a different pan by heating oil,mustards seeds spluttering then add urad dal,red chillies,hing and curry leaves.
9. Add seasoning to prepared sambar.Garnish with coriander.
10. Tasty and soupy dish.You will surely like it when had with rice.My family enjoys papad with sambar.This serves as a dip even for dosa and idly.