1. Wash the split gram and pressure cook with 3 cups of water. When boiled, remove from heat, and keep aside.
2. In a heavy based pan add all the vegetables, onions, green chillies, salt, chilli powder and turmeric with water and boil them until the vegetables are well cooked. Now add tamarind water, boiled dal, water if required and boil.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add chanadal, urad dal, peppercorns, fenugreekseeds, half cumin seeds, 2 red chillies, fry and grind them with coconut piece with few water. Add this powder to boiling sambar, mix well and add coriander leaves and remove from heat.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add dry red chillies, garlic flakes, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoateda and curry leaves. Add this to boiled sambar.

Serve with rice, idli and dosa.