Bitter gourd sambhar

Ingredients

Bitter gourd 
Chillies as required
tamarind pulp - add more to taste better
Salt - as required
Oil - 2 to 3 tsp
Toor dal / lentils - 1 1/2 cup
Chopped coriander leaves
sambhar powder
Sugar - 1/4 tsp

Seasoning

Mustard
Cumin 
Urad dal
Chana dal
Curry leaves
Hing
Oil / Ghee

Method

1) Slice bitter gourd in to pieces (medium) and remove the seeds inside it.
2) Add 1 tsp of salt into water and soak the bitter gourd pieces in water for 1 -2 hours
3) Boil dal / lentils in cooker  for upto 3 whistles.
4) Now  squeeze water from bitter gourd and fry it with 1 tsp of oil.
5) Once the bitter gourd is half cooked, add tamarind pulp and cook for 10mins.
6) Now add cooked lentils/ Dal, chopped chillies and sambhar powder, salt and cook for 5mins.
7) Add the seasoning(fry all the ingredients of seasoning in Ghee/ Oil) to the boiling sambhar and then top it with coriander leaves.