Vegetable Sambar (Tharkari Saru)

Ingredients
1/2 cup split pigeon peas or thoor dal (thogari bele)
1 egg plant or brinjal (badanekayi)
2 carrot
15 to 20 green beans
1 potato (alugadde)
1 tomato
1 tsp tamarind paste or Liquid (hunisehuli)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (arishina)
2 to 3 tsp red chillie powder (kharada pudi)
2 tsp MTR sambar powder
1 tsp brown sugar or small lemon size jaggery (bella)
Salt to taste

Seasoning
2 to 3 tsp oil (enne)
1 tsp mustard seeds (sasuve)
1 stlk curry leaves (karibevu)
1/4 asafetida (ingu)

Method
Wash and slice the vegetables. Wash thoor dal. Cook thoor dal  and vegetables except tomato in the pressure cooker with 2 cups of water. Pour oil in a pot or pan, when oil heats up add mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafetida. Add tomato and stir for 10 seconds. Take cooked thoor dal or bele and vegetables and add tamarind paste, turmeric powder, chillie powder, MTR sambar powder, brown sugar and salt. Mix it well. Then add this to seasoning and bring it boil. Vegetable sambar is ready to eat. Sambar goes well with Dosa, Idli, Rice.
erving size ; 4 to 6