Sambar Vadai with Coconut Chutney

Vadai - Just grind Urad Dhal that has been soaked in water for 2 -3 hrs. Add cut onions, coriander leaves and salt. You can also add whole black pepper, shredded cabbage and carrot. Make one vadai with just this mixture. If it comes out too oily, then add rice flour, mix them up and make the vadais.

Sambar - Pressure cook moong dhal along with the vegetables for the sambar. In a pan add mustard seeds. Once it pops, add lots of sliced onions, green chillies and diced tomatoes. After a couple of minutes, add the tamarind water, sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt. After it boils for 10 mins, add the dhal + vegetables. After 5 mins add the special sambar powder(Gosthu podi). Usually you need to add ground coconut also, but I skip it.

Coconut Chutney - Grind coconut + Dalia + green chillis + salt. Once it is ground add mustard seeds + urad dhal that have been fried.

Pongal With Brinjal Gosthu

Pongal - Pressure cook Rice + Moong dal along with ground ginger + green chillies. Once done, add salt and fried jeera + hing + whole black peppers + cashewnuts.

Brinjal Gosthu - Grind brinjal in mixie. Fry diced onion, add tamarind water, sambar powder and turmeric powder. Once it comes to a boil, add the brinjal and salt and once it cooks, add the gosthu powder and cook for 2 mins. You can do the same with tomatoes also.