Tasty Pumpkin Sambar
Tasty Pumpkin Sambar

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Tasty Pumpkin Sambar is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Tasty Pumpkin Sambar is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have tasty pumpkin sambar using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tasty Pumpkin Sambar:
  1. Take 1/2 cup tur dal or split pigeon peas
  2. Prepare 200 gms chopped pumpkin chunks
  3. Make ready 6 Shallots (small onions) peel and cut both ends
  4. Make ready 3 Tomatoes medium size, roughly chopped
  5. Prepare 1 cup Vegetable (cubed) carrot/drumstick/aubergine-optional
  6. Make ready 2 Green chillies slit lengthwise
  7. Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  8. Take 1 tbsp Coriander leaves
  9. Prepare 1 tsp thick tamarind paste
  10. Take to taste Salt
  11. Make ready 1 tbsp sambar powder
  12. Take For tempering:
  13. Make ready 1 tbsp ghee or clarified butter
  14. Take 2 Red chilies
  15. Take Pinch Asafoetida
  16. Prepare Curry leaves - a sprig
  17. Make ready 1 tsp mustard seeds
  18. Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
  19. Take 2-3 cloves garlic
Instructions to make Tasty Pumpkin Sambar:
  1. Wash dal and soak in for 10-15 minutes. Soaking helps to cook the dal faster. In a pressure cooker, add the dal along with 2 cups water, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Pressure cook up to 4 whistles or till the dals turn soft. Turn off the flame and let the pressure to release before opening the lid. Remove the lid of pressure cooker, mash the dal and keep aside.
  2. In a pan add four cups of water, pumpkin chunks, shallots, green chillies, carrot and drumsticks. Bring to a boil and simmer until vegetables are soft and cooked. Add the boiled vegetables to the mashed dal and continue to simmer. Add tamarind pulp and salt. - Add a heaped tbsp. of the sambar powder and mix well. Continue to simmer for 7-8 mts on medium flame.
  3. For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. Add red chilies, garlic cloves, curry leaves and asafoetida and sauté. Turn off the flame and add 1 tsp red chilli powder; it gives a nice red colour to the sambar. Add the tempering to the simmering sambar. Be careful as it may spill out.
  4. The sambar is healthy full of vegetable nutrients, protein from the dal and ofcourse the flavour is awesome from the homemade sambar powder.
  5. Turn off the flame, add coriander leaves. Transfer the Pumpkin Sambar to a serving bowl and serve with steamed rice or idli with podi or gunpowder.

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