South Indian Vegetarian Yellow Pumpkin Recipes

• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• Yellow Pumpkin 100g (6 pieces)
• Toor dal 1 table spoon
• Tamarind (Lemon size)
• Turmeric Powder
• Asafoetida Mustard & Curry leaves
• Red Chilli Powder/ Sambar Powder 3/4 Table Spoon

Instructions

Stage 1: Boiling tur dal

Take 2-3 Table spoons of tur dal.
Add 1 cup water and 1 tsp. turmeric powder and keep it the cooker.
You can keep it along with rice to make your job simple.
Once boiled, add some turmeric powder and mix it well.

Stage 2: Extracting Tamarind essence

Boil hot water.
Put the tamarind in the water.
Extract its essence fully in a vessel.
Place the vessel on the stove.

Stage 3: Building a Sambar skeleton

Add Sambar Powder, Salt and allow it to boil.
When the tamarind solution is boiling, add the cut pumpkin pieces into it and stir it well.
Add the prepared tur dal into the tamarind solution and stir it.
If the consistency is very thin, add little rice powder to thicken it.
After two boils take the vessel of the stove.Don't turn it off. Save energy!

Garnishing

Place a frying pan on the same stove.
Add 1 tsp. oil.
Add custard seeds.
Once they are done firing, add some asafoetida.
You can also add some curry leaves cut into small pieces for extra flavour.
Stir fry the mixture for half a minute, keeping the stove in sim.
Ensure that they don't get over burnt.
Pour the mixture into the vessel with sambar.