Sempangi Pitlai Recipe

Ingredients:
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Tamarind - large lemon sized
Potato - 1 cup, cut into pieces
Chow Chow - 1 cup, cut into pieces
Broad Beans - 1 cup, cut into pieces
Greens Stem - 1 cup, cut into pieces
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Rice Flour - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil as required

To Grind:
Red Chillies - 4
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Pepper - 5 to 6
Grated Coconut - 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp (optional)

For Seasoning:
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Channa Dal - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Curry Leaves - few

Method:
1. Pressure cook toor dal.
2. Keep aside.
3. Extract tamarind in 2 cups of water.
4. Cook the vegetables with required salt and turmeric powder in the tamarind extract.
5. Fry the ingredients for grinding and grind to a powder.
6. Add this powder and cooked dal to the vegetables.
7. Boil for a few minutes and season.
8. If the gravy needs thickening, add rice flour paste and boil for 5 minutes.
9. Serve hot with rice.