Sambar without daal/lentils/paruppu
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Sauté Bengal gram, coriander seeds, red chillies and a few peppercorns in some oil.
- 2Add grated coconut and sauté.
- 3Blend this mixture with a little water to a coarse paste, not a fine paste.
- 4Take oil in a pan and sauté diced onion, green chillies, and diced tomato.
- 5Add vegetables of your choice, like white pumpkin.
- 6Add water, salt, and turmeric, and cook until the vegetables are almost cooked.
- 7Pressure cook 400 gms of diced yellow pumpkin and blend it to a fine paste.
- 8Add tamarind water of one medium-sized lime and let it come to a good boil.
- 9Add the pumpkin puree and masala paste, and add water if needed.
- 10When the sambar comes to a good boil, add tadka of mustard, red chillies, curry leaves, and hing.
- 11Add chopped coriander leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Bengal gram
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 4 red chillies
- few pepper corns
- 0.5 cup grated coconut
- oil
- 1 diced onion
- 2 green chillies
- 1 diced tomato
- 400 gms yellow pumpkin
- white pumpkin
- water
- salt
- turmeric
- 1 medium sized lime tamarind water
- mustard
- red chillies
- curry leaves
- hing
- chopped coriander leaves
Equipment
panblender
Tips
- Use lesser chillies than you usually do, as pumpkin cannot take spice levels like lentils.
- There is no need to add jaggery, which is normally added in sambar in most households, as the pumpkin provides the sweet edge.
- Don’t use overly sweet pumpkin variety.
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