How to prepare Sambar-Pumpkin Sambar Recipe
Prep Time : 10 mins
Serves: 3-4
Recipe Category: Sambar Recipes-Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
White Pumpkin/ash gourd/poosanikkai-3/4 cup (cubed pieces)
Onion -1 (optional)
Tomato-1
Tur 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
Salt – 3/4 – 1 tbsp rock salt or as needed (If using table salt use less.)
For the seasoning
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Hing/asaofoetida- a generous pinch
Red Chilli -1
Fenugreek seeds-1 tsp
Curry leaves -2 sprigs
For garnishing
Coriander Leaves – finely chopped -2 tbsp
Preparation
Keep all the ingredients for the sambar ready.
Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 tumbler of hot water and extract the juice. Discard the pulp.
Method
Heat oil in a pan/kadai and add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add fenugreek seeds, red chilli, hing and curry leaves.
Add 1/2 cup of water, sambar powder and cook until pumpkin is half done. (Alternatively, you can cook pumpkin in a little water with salt separately and then add)
Hot delicious pumpkin sambar is ready to be served with hot steaming rice. It can be had with idly and dosa also.
Note –
I have added 1 tomato in order to reduce the use of tamarind.
You can prepare this sambar without onions also.
Instead of pumpkin any vegetables like drumsticks, ladies finger, brinjal, beans, carrots, capsicum, pearl onions, potatoes can be used to prepare sambar in the same manner. You can prepare the same sambar with mixed veggies like carrot, beans and potato also. Refer my Mixed Vegetable Sambar Recipe.
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How much water would you use when you pressure cook the dal?
Dear Mrs.Padma,
Thanks a lot for providing ur valuable tips to prepare Sambar…it really helped me today….Am Hari, from Chennai, currently on deputation at Singapore for Project work…It so happens that in our apt one among the four of we coleagues take turn and do the cooking….Am an amateur at cooking as I have Happily had food cooked and given by my mother/Grandma as long as I was single and had food prepared by my wife after marriage. So when I had my turn today for cooking, I just happened to spot ur blog yes'day while searching for "How to Prepare Sambar" on google….and this morning I just followed what you had mentioned in your Method and I could make a really good sambar….I used Potato, Beans and Carrot instead of Pumpkin and the Sambar came out really well and waz appreciated by my colleagues and I liked it too. So A BIG THANK YOU TO U !! Have passed on ur blog sites link to my wife too and expect her to make more delicious food using your tips as shez already a gr8 cook !!
Thanks once again !!
Best Regards,
R.Hari
hi padma, i started learning cooking now. This time going to prepare sambar. previous time i have tried aloo dhum with the help of ur blog. it came awsome. Thanx a lot 🙂
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Hello,Mrs.PAdma,Possible to try readymade tamarind paste instead of tamarind extract?
Thanks.Cheers.Kartik
Karthik – You can use Tamarind extract. Mix it in water and then add.You can add 1 tsp flat.
Adding a pinch of hing in the tadka gives sambar the extra flavour.
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what if Tamarind is soaked over night?
Can you please tell me how to use kokum/cocum in sambar padhu? Ur dishes taste yummy and so I only need ur recipe for kokum sambar!
Ps: kokum to be used in place of tamarind
I have no idea as I have not made sambar with kokum but you can use kokum in place of tamarind.
why do we add turmeric while cooking toor dal?
If we are using tamarind paste how much tablespoon to be used
Mix 1 tsp of tamarind paste in a cup of water and add.If you like it tart, add a little more than 1 tsp. But I feel 1 tsp is sufficient.
Good receipe
Padhu mam I am great fan of your blog. All recipes are clearly explained. I am recently married and have started cooking all recipes of yours one by one.
Hi Mam.. Can we yellow pumpkin for this recipe??
Yes