Sambar - Hotel style

Ingredients
Thoor dal - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/3 tsp
Home made sambar powder - 1 tblsp
Green chilly - 1
Mango and drumstick 1 each
Tamarind - small lemon size
Salt
Oil - 3 tblsp
Sambar onion - 10
Tomato - 2
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Hing - 1/3 tsp
Pottukadalai - 1 tsp
Coconut - 2 small piece
Red chilly - 2 small size
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp

Preparation
1. Soak thoor dal in water with turmeric powder sand pressure cook for 3 whistle. Mash dal and keep aside.
2. Grind coconut, pottukadalai, sambar powder, red chilly and one tomato to a smooth paste.
3. Soak tamarind in warm water for 30 min and extract juice.
4. In a pan put drumstick, onion, tomato, green chilly, turmeric powder and 2 cups of water . Add tamarind water and cooked dal. Boil for 10 min. Add ground coconut paste and cook until veggies are done. Add mango and boil again for 5 more minutes. Serve hot with steamed rice or for any tiffen items.

Note
I personally dont like to add rice flour or corn flour or pottukadalai to any gravy items. They tend to thicken the gravy. But this version of sambar is exceptional. Its more like hotel sambar.