Radish Sambar is a lentil based stew predominantly prepared in any south Indian cuisine . It is prepared using Raddish ,dal,and tamarind along with few other ingredients.
Soak the Toor dal in water for half an hour and pressure cook with Turmeric powder for about 4- 5 whistles or until the Toor dal is cooked. Wait until the pressure get released by itself.Now open the pressure cooker and mash the cooked toor dal finely.
Now take a kadai and add in oil ,once the oil becomes hot add in the shallots and fry till they become soft and add in tomatoes and cook for about 3 mins.
Add in the sliced raddish and fry until the radish is half cooked.Mean while in the mashed Toor dal add in Sambar powder, chilli powder, Salt, Water and mix well.Now add in this dal mixture to the kadai.
Meanwhile soak the tamarind in water for about 15 mins and extract the tamarind juice, add this to the sambar and mix well .Check for salt and spice and add if anything is needed and cook until the radish is cooked and sambar consistency is reached.
Now take the tadka pan add in Ghee or Oil ,after it becomes hot add in mustard,Jeera,Fenugreek,Hing,Dry Red chilli,Curry Leaves and Shallots and fry well.
Add tadka to the Sambar .Also add finely chopped chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame. Tasty sambar is ready..
Notes
1) You can also pressure cook the vegetables along with the dal.It helps us to cook sambar very easily.2) But I believe that the nutrients of the vegetables will be lost if we pressure cook the vegetables.