Pumpkin sambar

                                                               PUMPKIN SAMBAR

INGREDIENTS

• Tuvar dal – ½ cup
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Jeera – 1 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds – ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Onion sliced – 1
• Tomato chopped – 1
• Pumpkin chopped – 1 or 1 ½ cup
• Tamarind – marble size
• Sambar masala pwdr– 2 ½ tbsp
• Turmeric pwdr – ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida – a generous pinch
• Jaggery – ½ tsp [optional ]
• Green chilli slit – 2
• Freshly grated coconut – 2 tbsp
• Coriander leaves for garnish
• Ghee – ½ tbsp or 1 tbsp [optional]

PREPARATION 

1. Wash and rinse dal . Pressure cook with turmeric and little salt upto 3 whistles till soft . Mash it and keep aside .
2. Soak the tamarind in ¼ cup hot water and extract the juice .

METHOD   –   https://youtu.be/QsvbVZzQQU0

Heat oil in a pan , add mustard seeds + jeera + fenugreek seeds and let it splutter .[ don’t burn ]

Add onion + curry leaves + green chilli and fry till translucent

Add tomato stir fry for 1 min.

Add the pumpkin and stir fry for 2 minute.

Add tamarind extract +  2 ½ cup of water.

Cover half and cook , till the pumpkin are cooked and very soft . [the pumpkin should overcook so that it blends a bit with the sambar ]

Add sambar pwdr + salt ,mix well and boil for a min .

Add the cooked dal , adjust water if required .[ dal thickens on cooling so add accordingly ]

Simmer on low flame for a minute .

Add coriander leaves + 1 tbsp of fresh coconut ..

Drizzle a tbsp of ghee and off the flame .

Garnish with coriander leaves +  fresh coconut ..

Serve with rice or any Southindian tiffin.

NOTES

1. You can add freshly ground sambar masala refer here for recipe – Sambar made with freshly grounded masala
2. Don’t add more tamarind .
3. You can add other veges which we add for sambar like drumstick/brinjal/pumpkin etc.

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