1 cup tuvar dal |
2 cups water (or more if reqd - just an inch over the level of the dal) |
2 onions, sliced |
2 tomatoes, chopped |
salt |
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder |
2 green chilies, slit |
1/2 inch gingerroot (minced) |
2 brinjals, chopped |
1 small yam (skinned and cut into bite sized pcs) |
1 small red pumpkin (a small pc cut like the yam) |
3 french beans (stringed and cut into pcs) |
1 carrot (peeled and cubed) |
2 vegetable drumsticks |
2 tablespoons oil |
4 -6 cloves garlic, with skin |
1/4 teaspoon asafetida powder (hing) |
1 teaspoon tamarind pulp, soaked in water |
2 teaspoons sambhar powder (i use mtr sambar powder) |
curry leaf |
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds |
1/2 teaspoon cumin seed |
cilantro leaf (to garnish) |