Venpoosani sambar | White pumpkin sambar

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

Ingredients

• Venpoosani [White pumpkin] - 1 cup [reove skin, cut into cubes]
• Sambar Onion [shallots, chinna vengayam] – 7 [peel the skin & wash]
• Garlic - 2 cloves [mashed]
• Moong dal – 4 tbsp
• Green chilli – 1
• Dry red chilli -1
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
• Tamarind water – 3 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder– ½ tsp
• Fenugreek powder- 1 tbsp [dry roast fenugreek seeds then grind]
• Coriander, cumin, pepper powder - 1 tbsp [dry roast seeds, let it cool & grind]
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Jaggery – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

Method

• Boil moong dal with turmeric powder in an open pan for 20 min.
• Parboil White pumpkin
• Heat pan with oil add mustard seeds, let it crackle then add urad dal.
• Add green chilli and dry red chilli sauté & curry leaves
• Then add onion &garlic sauté well.
• Add fenugreek powder sauté.
• Add Parboiled White pumpkin, turmeric powder, & red chilli powder sauté.
• Add boiled moong dal, and tamarind water let it boil.
• Add coriander, cumin & pepper powder mix well
• Then add jaggery and salt mix well cut off heat.
• Add chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice

White pumpkin sambar