Pumpkin Bitter Gourd Sambar

Pumpkin bitter gourd sambar

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Serves: 3
Preparation Time : 10 min
Cooking Time: 20 min

For dhal:

Toor dhal + moong dhal - 100 grams

turmeric powder - 1/4 tpsn

big Onion – 1

methi seeds – ½ tspn

tomato – 1

garlic – 3 pods

for cooking the vegetables :  

small onions - 2 ( chopped)

onion big - 1

tomato - 2  (chopped)

pumpkin -  150 gram

bittergourd – 3 slices

carrot – 3 slices

salt to taste

sambar powder - 3 tspn

turmeric powder – ½ tspn

water – 2 cups

tamarind pulp - 3 tbspn

for tempering: 

Oil - ghee - 1  1/2 tbpn

mustard seeds - 1 tspn

whole red chilli – 2 pieces

curry leaves - few

asafetida -  2 pinches

For garnishing

Coriander leaves

Method

1. Wash and cook the dhal in a pressure cooker, mash well and keep it aside.

2. In a wide vessel,  cook all the vegetables with the masala  for 10 minutes.  Add the  tamarind pulp.  Stir well.   Add enough water and  cook for 5 minutes on low heat.

3.Finally,  add the mashed dhal and stir well.  Heat on medium heat for 3 minutes. 

4. Heat a vessel.  Temper the above said ingredients and add it to sambar.   Stir well .  serve it hot with Plain rice.

Sambar goes well with plain rice, idlies, dosais and vadais.   It can be prepared in different variations and the taste differs as per the different methods.