White pumpkin sambar
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Source: http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/white_pumpkin_sambar/
Categories: Ash Gourd, sambar/Curry/Huli
Ingredients
- 250 g White pumpkin diced
- 1 cup Toovar dal
- 1 Tomato (chopped)
- 1 Green chilli (slit open)
- Curry leaves ( little)
- 1 Lemon Sz Tamarind (lemon size)
- Salt as per taste
- 1/2 tsp Haldi
- 21/2 tsp Sambar powder
- pinch Hing
- 2 stks Coriander (finely chopped)
- 2 tsp Rice flour
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Methi seeds
- 2 tsp Oil
Directions
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Soak Dal for 2-3 hours and pressure cook upto 2 whistles. Take out, add rice flour and mash using MATHU. Keep aside.
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In a pan, take oil, add mustard seeds. After they crackle, add methi seeds, cut pooshnikaai, tomato, curry leaves, green chilli and saute for 2 minutes.
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Add tamarind pulp, salt, haldi, sambar powder, hing and mix well. Cook till raw smell of sambar powder goes and in semi thick state.
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Add mashed dal and mix well. Give it one boil. Switch off gas and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with plain rice and curry/poriyal of your choice.
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