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

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.

Ingredients

• Yellow pumpkin[Parangikai]– 1 cup [cut into circles]
• Toor dal – ¼ cup
• Tamarind water – 1 ½ tbsp [soak tamarind in warm water, squeeze &extract water]
• Tomato – 1 [chopped]
• Sambar Onion [Shallots] - 7 or big onion[1]
• Dry red chilli -1
• 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
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp [sesame oil or vilakennai]
• Water as needed

For roasting and grinding ingredients

• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tbsp [roast & grind separately]
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Peppercorns – 4
• Coconut - 2 tbsp
• Chana dal - 1 tbsp
• Urad dal - 1/2 tbsp
• Heat pan then dry roast above ingredients & grind to fine or coarse paste with 1/4 cup water

Method

• Wash toor dal.
• Heat pressure cooker add toor dal, hing, tomato, onion, garlic, turmeric, red chilli powder, asafoetida, yellow pumpkin, gingelly oil cover lid & cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
• For seasoning:-Heat pan with oil then add mustard seeds.
• Add dry red chilli, curry leaves, asafoetida, fenugreek seeds powder.
• Add seasoned ingredients to pressure cooked toor dal mixture, let it boil.
• Add tamarind water mix well.
• Add groudn paste mix well, let it boi lfor 5 min
• Cut off heat & sprinkle coriander leaves, serve hot with rice, idli or dosa.

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

Heat pressure cooker add toor dal, tomato, garlic, turmeric, gingelly oil

Add yellow pumpkin

Cover lid, pressure cook for 5 whistles

After cooking toor dal pumpkin mixture ready

Roast chana dal, urad dal, coriander, cumin, coconut, dry red chilli

Put it in mixie jar, finely grind

Ground mixture ready

Add ground mixture

Add salt

Soak tamarind in 5 min

Add tamarind water

Heat pan with oil, add mustard, chana dal, urad dal, hing, fenugreek powder

Add seasoned ingredients

Mix well let it boil for 3 min

Add coriander leaves, cut off heat

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