One pot yellow pumpkin sambar -How to make step by step photos & video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Idli, Dosa, Rice, Chapathi | Type : Sambar, Gravy, kulambu, curry, masala.

How to make One pot yellow pumpkin sambar video

Ingredients

• Yellow pumpkin [Parangikai, arasanikai, kaddu] – 1 cup [cut into circles]
• Toor dal – ¼ cup
• Tamarind water – 1/4 cup [soak 1 inch size tamarind in warm water, squeeze &extract water]
• Tomato – 1 [chopped]
• Onion [Shallots] - 7
• Green chilli – 1 [slit]
• Garlic – 3 cloves
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Sambar powder - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

Method

• Wash toor dal 2 to 3 times.
• Wash & remove yellow pumpkin then chop.
• Heat pressure cooker add oil, mustard, chana dal, & urad dal fry for a min.
• Add fenugreek powder saute for a min
• Add curry leaves, asafoetida, green chilli, onion, saute well
• Add garlic, turmeric, red chilli powder, tomato, yellow pumpkin, mix well
• Add toor dal, saute for a min
• Add water, cover lid & cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
• Then add tamarind water, cook for 5 min
• Add coriander leaves, cut off heat
• Then serve hot with rice, idli or dosa.

How to make One pot yellow pumpkin sambar-Step by step photos

Fresh yellow pumpkin

Wash & remove hard skin of pumpkin

Cut into cubes

Heat pressure cooker, add 2 tbsp oil, mustard, chana dal, urad dal, asafoetida, green chilli & curry leaves

Add onion saute till soft

add roasted fenugreek powder saute for 2 min

add tomato, saute till soft

Add yellow pumpkin, red chilli powder, turmeric powder saute for 3 min

Add toor dal, sambar powder

Mix well

add 2 cups of water, mix well

Cover lid, cook for 4 whistles

4 whistles later, remove steam

Mash well

Add tamarind water

Boil for 5 min

add coriander leaves

Now its ready,cut off heat

Pour into serving bucket

Serve hot wiht rice, idli, dosa or uthappam- arasanikai sambar, parangikai in tamil

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