firstly, wash and rinse the dal and put into a pressure cooker. in the same cooker add tomatoes and turmeric powder. pressure cook for 4 whistles.
once the pressure releases from the cooker, whisk the dal and tomatoes well.
meanwhile, chop onions, coriander leaves, ginger and chilli and keep them aside.
bullet idli sambar
furthermore, in a pan, add 1 tsp of oil. to the same pan add onions and fry them till golden brown.
now add curry leaves, ginger and chilli. fry for a minute.
add smashed daal to the kadai and bring to a boil.
additionally, season with salt and chilli powder.
bring it to boil. add water to maintain the consistency of sambar. boil it for 5 mins.
furthermore, garnish with coriander leaves and lemon juice, add a tsp of ghee and switch off.
prepare the tempering and add it over sambar.
finally, your tiffin sambar is ready. serve it with bullet idli's dipped in this sambar.