Watercress sambhar rice

You Will need,

water cress leaves - 1 bunch
onion - 1
tomato - 1
green chillly - 3
Toor dhal - 1 cup
tamarind extract - 1 cup
sambhar powder - 1.5 tsp
salt to taste

Method:

Clean and wash the watercress leaves.Cook together the watercress leaves,chopped onions, tomato, green chilly with required water.
Cook the toor dhal till soft, smash and keep it aside.
Once the vegetables are done, add sambhar powder,salt and the tamarind extract and let it cook for 5 more minutes.
Now its time to add the cooked toor dhal.
This sambhar tastes better when mixed with steaming hot rice with a spoon of ghee.

Serve hot with papad, appalam, potato fry or colacasia fry.

PS: The side dishes shown in the picture are papad and snow peas stir fry.