Pumpkin Sambar is a delicious, popular and easy to make South Indian sambar. A simple and healthy sambar recipe made with pumpkin. This recipe is an ideal curry for south Indian lunch and is mainly served as a main dish with hot steamed rice.
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A simple and healthy sambar recipe made with pumpkin. This recipe is an ideal curry for south Indian lunch and is mainly served as a main dish with hot steamed rice.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins
Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
Ingredients Pumpkin Sambar
- 1 nos chopped large drumstick
- 1/2 cup toor dal
- 1/2 cup pumpkin
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp tamarind pulp
- 1 medium size chopped onion
- 1 medium size chopped tomato
- 2 1/2 tsp sambar powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 coriander powder
- 1/2 turmeric powder
- coriander leaves
To temper
- curry leaves
- 1 red dry chilli
- A pinch of hing
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
Instructions
How to cook the recipe
- Soak toor dal for half an hr. Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles along with turmeric powder and mash.keep it aside.
- Now add 1 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker, add onion, tomato, pumpkin and drumstick and cook for 5-10 minutes in low flame.
- Now add sambar powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, 2cups of water, Once it boils, add mashed toor dal, tamarind pulp, and salt. Cook for 1 whistle.
- Now take another pan add 1 tsp oil, add mustard seeds Once it starts to splutter, add curry leaves, dry red chilli, hing and saute for 5 minutes.
- Add this to sambar.Add coriander leaf.
- Pumpkin sambar is ready.
