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25 May, 2021

Tasty Pumpkin Sambar.

Hey everyone, it's Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, tasty pumpkin sambar. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tasty Pumpkin Sambar is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Tasty Pumpkin Sambar is something which I've loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tasty pumpkin sambar using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tasty Pumpkin Sambar:

{Prepare 1/2 cup of tur dal or split pigeon peas.
{Take 200 gms of chopped pumpkin chunks.
{Get 6 of Shallots (small onions) peel and cut both ends.
{Get 3 of Tomatoes medium size, roughly chopped.
{Get 1 cup of Vegetable (cubed) carrot/drumstick/aubergine-optional.
{Make ready 2 of Green chillies slit lengthwise.
{Take 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.
{Get 1 tbsp of Coriander leaves.
{Get 1 tsp of thick tamarind paste.
{Prepare to taste of Salt.
{Make ready 1 tbsp of sambar powder.
{Make ready of For tempering:.
{Get 1 tbsp of ghee or clarified butter.
{Get 2 of Red chilies.
{Prepare Pinch of Asafoetida.
{Make ready of Curry leaves - a sprig.
{Take 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
{Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
{Take 2-3 cloves of garlic.

Instructions to make Tasty Pumpkin Sambar:

Wash dal and soak in for 10-15 minutes. Soaking helps to cook the dal faster. In a pressure cooker, add the dal along with 2 cups water, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Pressure cook up to 4 whistles or till the dals turn soft. Turn off the flame and let the pressure to release before opening the lid. Remove the lid of pressure cooker, mash the dal and keep aside..
In a pan add four cups of water, pumpkin chunks, shallots, green chillies, carrot and drumsticks. Bring to a boil and simmer until vegetables are soft and cooked. Add the boiled vegetables to the mashed dal and continue to simmer. Add tamarind pulp and salt. Add a heaped tbsp. of the sambar powder and mix well. Continue to simmer for 7-8 mts on medium flame..
For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. Add red chilies, garlic cloves, curry leaves and asafoetida and sauté. Turn off the flame and add 1 tsp red chilli powder; it gives a nice red colour to the sambar. Add the tempering to the simmering sambar. Be careful as it may spill out..
The sambar is healthy full of vegetable nutrients, protein from the dal and ofcourse the flavour is awesome from the homemade sambar powder..
Turn off the flame, add coriander leaves. Transfer the Pumpkin Sambar to a serving bowl and serve with steamed rice or idli with podi or gunpowder..

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