Ingredients:

• Samai/chamai                                       : 1 cup
• Cooked tur dal                                      : 1/2 cup
• Tamarind paste                                     : 1 tsp
• Turmeric pdr                                         : 1/8 tsp
• Sambhar powder                                   : 1 tsp heapful
• Veggies( carrot, beans, peas& potato)  : 2 cups diced
• Pearl onion(sambhar onion)                  : 5 nos
• Tomato                                                  : 1 medium
• Ghee                                                      : 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds                                          : 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetide pdr                                       : 1/8 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Broken red chillies                                 : 2nos
• water as required
• Curry leaves & coriander leaves

Method: 

• Wash and cook Chamai in a pressure cooker adding 4 cups of water, for 4 whistles and keep aside.
• Dice all the veggies and keep aside.
• Heat ghee in a kadai fry cumin seeds, broken red chillies and curry leaves. Then add the diced tomato, pearl onions and saute for 2 mins.  Then add diced veggies, turmeric pdr and  2 cups of water, salt, close with a lid and cook till the veggies become tender. 
• Then add the tamarind paste to this, mix well.  Boil it for 2 mins and add cooked dal, asafoetide pdr and sambhar  pdr to this mix well and finally add the cooked chamai to this. mix well.  At this stage add one more cup of water and let it cook for 3 more minutes. Check the salt.
•  Let the cooked chamai blend with the dal veggie  mixture and  switch it off adding one more spoon of ghee.   The sambhar sadham is ready! Transfer it to the serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.  Serve it hot with pappad, pickle or any desired side dish! 

• The consistency of sambhar sadham is thick semi solid. Should not be too watery or too dry. So add water according to that. 
• For saving more time you can cook the veggies in cooker also.