Kappanga (Raw Papaya) Sambar

Ingredients

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• Toor dal - 1/4 cup
• Raw Pappaya cubed - 1 cup
• Pearl onion - 1/2 cup
• Tomato -1/2 diced
• Tamarind pulp -1tbsp
• Jaggery/ sugar  -1 pinch
• Asafoetida - 1 small piece
• Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder- 1 /2 tsp
• Sambar Powder - 11/2tsp
• Water - 1 cup

To Splutter

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• Mustard Seeds -  1/4 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Dried Red chilli -2
• Curry Leaves - few
• Asafoetida/Hing - 1 pinch
• Red chilli powder  - 1/4 tsp

Method for making sambar

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1. In a pressure cooker, add dal, water,salt ,turmeric powder and red chilli powder,asafoetida and cook until done..
2. When the pressure is released , add diced pappaya, onion and tomato. Cook for another 1 whistle.
3. Open lid after done. Add tamarind pulp and water if required and bring to boil.
4. Add the sambar powder to boiling mixture.
5. Add 1  pinch jaggery /sugar and mix well.
6. In a heated pan, add oil . Splutter the ingredients  given in the list "to splutter".
7. Pour it over the sambar.