Instant Sambar

This is one kind of quick sambar and you don't need to add any kind of cooked daal to this.

INGREDIENTS:

Tomato - 2
Onion -1
Green Chilli-1
Cinnamon - small piece
Cloves - 1 or 2
Fennel seeds(Sombhu)- 1 teaspoon
Sambar powder - 1 teaspoon
Pottu kadalai(Roasted bengal gram / Bhuna Chana) - 2 tablespoon(powder it and add water and make like a paste)
Corriander leaves - As required
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

METHOD:

Add 2 tablespoon oil in tawa, then add Cinnamon,cloves and fennel seeds and allow them to splutter. Then add onion, green chilli, tomato and cook for few minutes. Then add salt ,sambar powder and turmeric powder. Add one cup of water and allow it boil .Let the tomatoes and onion cooked well. After 5  minutes, add the pottu kadalai  paste and allow it boil for 3 more minutes. Then add corriander leaves and some asafoetida powder. Instant sambar is ready !.. It goes well with dosa, idly.

NOTE:

If you cant get pottu kadalai, you can replace it with 2 tablespoon of besan(Kadalai Maavu) flour.