Sambar for Breakfast

Ingredients:
Green gram dhal - 1/2 cup
Small onions - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1 big
Green chilli - 2 slit
Sambar powder - 2 sp (Any brand)
Turmeric powder - 1 sp
Asafoetida - 1/4 sp
Oil - 2 sp
Mustard - 1/2 sp
Split urudh dhal - 1/2 sp
Red chillies - 2
Curry leaves
Salt

Method:

Pressure cook the dhal in water with turmeric powder and asafoetida. Cook well and mash the dhal.
In a kadai heat oil season with mustard, split urudh dhal, red chillies and curry leaves.
Add the peeled shallots (Small onions), green chillies and tomato. Sauté well till the onions are well cooked.
Pour a glass of water add the add sambar powder and salt and bring it to a boil. Now add the cooked and mashed dhal.
Add water if necessary simmer and bring it to a boil.

Note: This can go with Idly, Pongal Rava upma etc. This will be a little watery, you can also add a spoon of Kadala mavu (bengal gram flour) dissolved in water which will make the sambar thick. Also can add well cooked yellow pumpkin a piece or two which will improve flavor as well as the thickness.