Neer Pusanikai / White Pumpkin Sambhar
Sambar is south indias favorite main dish.White pumpkin sambar is one kind of vegetables which accompaniment with Idli, dosa and rice. I have this sambar happily with chappathi too.
Ingredients
- Thoor Dal 100 g
- small onion 25 no.
- tomato 2 no.
- red chili 2 no.
- white pumpkin 1 cup
- sambhar powder 3 tsp
- turmeric powder 1 tsp
- garlic 5 no.
- crystal salt to taste
- oil 5 tsp
- mustard 1 tsp
- broken urad dal 1 tsp
- tamarind water 1/2 cup
- castor oil 2 tsp
- asafoetida 1 tsp
- coriander leaves to garnish
- curry leaves 10 no.
Instructions
- boil the thoor dal by adding water, turmeric powder, garlic, tomato,castrol oil and salt
- once it get boiled, smash the thoor dal by beeter
- chop the onion, tomato, red chili and white pumpkin
- heat the oil in the pan and temper the mustard, and broken urad dal
- add curry leaves and small onion and saute it until it turn into brown
- add tomato, red chili, green chili and asafoetida and mix well
- add chopped white pumpkin and mix well
- add crystal salt and mix well and allow to cook for 2 mins
- add sambhar powder and mix well and allow to cook for 5 mins
- add required water and allow to cook for 5 mins
- now add tamarind water and allow to cook until the sambhar gets thick
- garnish with coriander leaves now white pumpkin sambhar is ready
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