Onion Sambar

Ingredients:

Coconut - 1/2 cup
Roasted Channa Dal - 3 tbsp
Kus Kus (Poppy Seeds) - 1 Tsp
Ginger - 1/4 inch
Fennel - 1/2Tsp
Garlic - 2 pods
Cinnamon - 1 small piece
Clove - 3
Green Chilli - 5
Grind all the Above ingredients into a paste with water.
Big Onion -2( Cut it length wise.)
Oil - 2 Tbsp
Mustard seeds, Channa Dal, urud dal - 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves - a few strands
Salt
Hing - 1 pinch
turmaric-1pinch

Method:
1. In a kadai add oil, once its hot add the mustarrd seeds, channa dal, urud dal, curry leaves and onion and saute for a few minutes.
2. Pour the coconut paste and saute this for 2 minutes and add the required amount of water. Add turmaric.Let it boil for about 5 minutes till the raw smell is gone. Add salt and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with dosa.
Note: You can alternate this sambar by adding potato to the sambar and make potato sambar.