Leek & Tomato Sambhar

Am running Blogging marathon again for two more weeks, i successfully finished my first week of blogging marathon with kid's delight -healthy meals as theme and i'll be cooking some curry in hurry for this week..You can see many delicious dry curries or gravies during this whole week of blogging marathon..Thanks for Srivalli for making this event more interesting with plenty of discussions, am proud to be a part of this wonderful event...

Leeks belong to the onion family, its usually used making soups or quiches..Two days back i tried making a simple sambhar with leeks and tomato together as i run out of onions, the leeks replaced very well the onions and this sambhar turned out super delicious and with fabulous flavour, i served this wonderful looking sambhar for lunch as well as for dinner along with idlies..A prefect side dish to enjoy even with rotis...Do give a trial friends, am damn sure that you will love this unusual sambhar, i served this sambhar with papads and rice for our lunch needless to say both together turned out our lunch prefectly delicious and divine..



2nos Leeks (chopped)
2nos Tomatoes (ripen and juicy)
1tsp Sambhar powder
1/2tsp Coriander powder
Few curry leaves
1cup Cooked toor dal
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
1/4tsp Cumin seeds
1/2tsp Urad dal
3nos Dry red chillies
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
Salt
Oil
1tsp Lemon juice

Heat enough oil, let splutters the mustard seeds, urad dal,cumin seeds,fry the dry red chillies,curry leaves and asafoetida powder,until they turns brown..Add the chopped leeks,chopped tomatoes,salt and sauté everything until the veggies get shrinks..now add the cooked toor dal,sambhar powder, coriander powder,salt and enough water,bring everything to boil,cook the sambhar in simmer until the veggies get well cooked..

Finally add the lemon juice and put off the stove..Enjoy this sambhar with papads and rice...