Pudalangai sambar | Snake gourd sambar-How to make-Step by step photos & Video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Idli, Dosa, Rice, Chapathi | Type : Sambar, Gravy, kulambu, curry, masala.

Ingredients

• Pudalangai[Snake gourd, padwal ]– 2
• Moong dal– 1/4 cup
• Tamarind water – 3 tbsp [soak tamarind in warm water, squeeze &extract water]
• Tomato – 1 [chopped]
• Sambar Onion [Shallots] - 7
• Dry red chilli -1
• Green chilli – 1 [slit]
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Jaggery – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

For roasting and grinding ingredients

• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tbsp [dry roast-grind separately]
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Peppercorns – 4
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [Grated]
• Heat oil in a pan then roast above ingredients & grind to fine paste

Method

• Boil moong dal with turmeric powder.
• Wash & cut snake gourd in to thin stripes
• Heat pan with oil then add mustard seeds.
• Once it’s spluttered add Bengal gram, urad dal & sambar onion sauté till soft.
• Add garlic, dry chilli, green chilli & curry leaves sauté.
• Then add fenugreek powder, asafetida sauté gently.
• Add tomato sauté till soft.
• Add snake gourd, turmeric & red chilli powder sauté for 2 min.
• Add water cook till soft.
• Add freshly ground paste & water [1/2 cup] mix well.
• Then add tamarind water & let it boil till raw smell out.
• Once its ready add jaggery and salt mix well.
• Cut off heat & sprinkle coriander leaves, serve hot with rice, idli or dosa.

How to make Pudalangai sambar / Snake gourd sambar video

How to make Snake gourd sambar -Step by step photos

snake gourd sambar ingredients

Wash moong dal

Boil with turmeric powder till soft

Now its ready, cut off heat

Dry roast fenugreek seeds

Now its ready, cut off heat

Put roasted fenugreek in a stone mortar

Coarsely grind with stone pestle

Coarsely grind fenugreek ready, keep it aside

Soak tamarind for 10 min

Take 2 snake gourd

Wash & Cut into stripes

For roasting & grinding ingredients

Heat 1 tbsp oil, add all ingredients & coconut, roast till light brown

Put it in a mixer jar coarsely grind first

Add half cup water finely grind

Heat 3 tbsp oil, add mustard, chana dal, urad dal

Add curry leaves

Add asafoetida

Add onion saute till soft

Add garlic, dry red chilli & green chilli

Add ground fenugreek powder saute for 2 min

Add tomato saute

Add snake gourd, red chilli powder saute

Add turmeric powder saute for 3 min or saute till raw smell out from snake gourd

Add 1 cup water

Cook till soft

Snake gourd perfectly cooked

Add ground paste, let it boil for 3 mn

Add boiled moong dal

Add hot water, let it boil

Add tamarind water

Add salt

, let it boil till raw smell out

Add jaggery let it boil for 5 min

Add coriander leaves, cut off heat

Pudalangai samabr ready, serve hot with rice, chapathi, idli or dosa

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