Ingredients:
- Toor dal � 100 gm
- Brinjal � 200 gm
- Onion � 5 No
- Tomato � 3 No
- Tamarind � the size of a small lemon
- Mustard, fennel seeds � � spoon
- Fenugreek seeds � � spoon
- Turmeric powder � � spoon
- Sambar powder � 2 spoon
- Salt � as required
Method:
- Soak toor dal in water for about half an hour and get it cooked in a cooker

- Place a pan and heat 3 spoons of oil. Add fenugreek seeds for seasoning. Make sure that it doesn�t turn black

- Add chopped onions, tomatoes and brinjals one followed by the other

- Add salt as required, and pour some water. Add turmeric powder and sambar powder and close it with a lid. Allow the vegetables to get cooked.

- Add the cooked dal at this stage

- Add tamarind water to the mixture
- Once the mixture comes to a boil, allow it to get cooked in a low flame for 5 minutes
- Heat a small pan, heat oil and add mustard, and fennel seeds. Add this seasoning to the sambar
- You can add coriander leaves at the end and serve hot and tasty brinjal sambar

Note:
You can add fenugreek seeds in most varieties of cooking. This will help cooling down your body
Mrs. Lavanya Sampath