Description
Yellow pumpkin sambar tastes different from normal sambar. Usually served in restaurants in my hometown.Yellow pumpkin – Winter sqashParangikai – in Tamil
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Toor dhal |
| ½ lb | Pumpkin |
| 10 cnt | Shallots |
| 2 nos | Tomatoes(chopped) |
| Tamarind( golf ball size) | |
| 5 tsp | Sambar powder |
| ½ tsp | Turmeric powder |
| ½ tsp | Asafoetida |
| 1 tsp | Mustard |
| ½ tsp | Fenugreek seeds |
| 2 tsp | Ghee (for tempering) |
| 12 no | Curry leaves |
Instructions
Soak the tamarind in 1/2 cup water. After half an hour squeeze the juice from tamarind and keep aside.
Remove the skin from pumpkin and cut into large pieces. If you cut into small pieces, while cooking it’ll shrink and mash with dhal.
Cook toor dhal with pumpkin, turmeric powder and water for 3 whistles.
Heat ghee in kadai add mustard, when mustard starts to splutter add fenugreek seeds and shallots. Saute till onion turns pale brown. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till it becomes soft. Now add tamarind water. When it starts to boil add sambar powder, asafoetida, curry leaves and salt. cook it for 10 minutes. Add cooked dhal and pumpkin. Cook it for another 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot with white rice.
Source
Amma
12 Comments
Hi kavi,
Thnx for the re ripe.. Tried it, came out ver well. Keep posting good recipes like dis. I will also post a few of my recipes very soon. Thanks
Hi Kavi,
I tried Yellow pumpkin Sambar Y’day and it came out great. Many thanks for the recipe.
Keep up the good work.
Regards,
Vimala
Hi Kavi, I’m addicted to sambar like anything(said already in hotel sambar page). Somehow missed posting comments abt this. Looking really great & thick… Sambar should be a bit thicker for rice. Yours looks exact… Haven’t tasted yellow pumpkin sambar, though. Will definitely try.
Hi sugan, My amma is expert in sambars. She knows all kinds of sambar.We are vegetarians (after marriage i'm non-veg) and almost everyday my mom makes sambar in different taste. I'll post one bye one. Bye.
Wow, Kavi! Going to expect the series…
Hi kavi,
I tried this,it was so nice,than u very much.
Hey sudha, Thank u for trying my recipes.
You are welcome Abhi. Me too, i like this sambar very much.
Kavi,
I love this sambhar, but lately I am not trying it. Thank you for reminding this recipe. My mom also MAKES This and it tastes so good. thanks for sharing this old golden recipe
Hi kavi,
Yellow pumpkin sambar,oh looks yummy,u are rocking …,thank u for such a nice presentation.
You got it Manoo.
My beans egg fry :):):):):):) Look so green but…. Thank you…. You made my day