INGREDIENTS:
Onion -1 (optional)
Tomato-1
Toor Dal -1/3 cup (Soak it in warm water for 15 minutes)
Sambar powder- 2 tsp
Tamarind- small lemon sized ball
Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt -1 tbsp (flat) rock salt or as required.
(If using table salt use less.)
Mustard -1 tsp
Hing- a generous pinch
Red Chilli -1
Fenugreek seeds-1 tsp
Curry leaves -little
PRELIMINARY PROCESS:
Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 tumbler of hot water and extract the juice. Discard the pulp.
PREPARATION METHOD:
Pressure cook toor dal by adding turmeric powder for 3 whistles. Mash it well and keep it ready.
Heat oil in a pan/kadai and add the ingredients for seasoning .
Saute onion until it turns transparent, then add tomatoes, pumpkin
pieces and saute for a few seconds. (Alternatively, you can cook pumpkin
in a little water with salt separately)
Add tamarind extract, sambar powder and salt.
Keep it in medium flame and boil until the raw flavor of the
tamarind goes. By this time the pumpkin will also get cooked well.
Add cooked toor dal along with needed water and boil for 5-6
minutes. The consistency of this sambar should neither be thick nor
thin, so adjust water accordingly.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice or idli, dosa.
Hot delicious pumpkin sambar is ready to be served with hot steaming rice. It can be had with idly and dosa also.
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