Hotel Style Yellow Pumpkin(Posanikai) Tiffin Sambar Recipe

Hotel Style Pumpkin Tiffin Sambar Recipe

I love to make sambar with various vegetables and various method. Already I have posted few  sambar recipes. Today I have shared Pumpkin tiffin  sambar recipe. Pupmkin tiffin sambar will be preparing with main ingredients Pumpkin, toor dal, moong dal and sambar powder. This sambar powder will be giving special taste to this sambar recipe. It is served with idly or dosa or any vada varieties


Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Course: Side dish
Cuisine: South Indian traditional recipe
Serving: 6

Ingredients:
50 Gram toor dal
25 Gram moong dal
1 Gooseberry size tamarind
15 Sambar Shallots, Peeled
50 gram yellow pumpkin
1 tomato
1 tsp turmeric
1 Pinch Hing(Perungayam)
1 Tblsp Chilly Powder
1 tblsp cooking oil
1 piece jaggery (optional)
Salt to taste
Water as needed

For Grinding:
1 tblsp channa dal
½ tblsp urad dal
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tblsp coriander seeds
6 dry chilies
2 tblsp grated coconut

For Tempering:
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 Sprig Curry leaves
1 tsp vengaya vadagam
1 tblsp cooking oil

For Garnishing:
Handful Coriander leaves

Preparation:
1.       Transfer grated coconut to mixi jar, grind it and keep aside
2.      Soak tamarind in hot water in 10 to 15 minutes. Extract the pulp and keep aside

Sambar powder preparation:
1.       Heat a pan add channa dal and moong dal, fry for 2 minutes on low heat
2.      In the same pan add fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds and coriander seeds, fry for 2 minutes on low heat
3.      Add dry chilies and fry for a minutes
4.      Transfer all fried ingredients to the mixi jar and grind them as powder

Method:
(1 Cup = 200 ml)
1.       In a pressure cooker, add Toor dal, moong dal and 2 cup water. Cover the pressure cooker for 6 whistles on medium flame
2.      Once the pressure cooker settle down, open the pressure cooker and do the mix
3.      Heat a pan add 1 tblsp oil and add sambar shallots and yellow pumpkin, fry for a minutes on low heat
4.      Add tomato and sauté for a minutes
5.      Add 2 Cup water and salt. Let it boil for a minutes
6.      Add Cooked dal and mix well. Let it boil for a minute
7.      Add chilly powder, grinded 2 tblsp sambar powder, 1 tsp turmeric powder and 1 pinch hing
8.     Add Coconut paste,tamarind pulp and jaggery then let it cook till the coconut paste raw smell disappear.
9.      Switch off the stove and garnish with Coriander leaves
10.  Furthermore, in a pan add 1 tblsp oil and mustard seeds
11.   When mustard seeds crackle, add vengaya vadagam and curry leaves
12.  Pour the tempering over the sambar and mix well
13.  Serve Pumpkin tiffin  sambar with idly or dosa or vada varieties

Step by Step Pictorial
Moong dal and toor dal
In a pressure cooker, add Toor dal, moong dal and 2 cup water. Cover the pressure cooker for 6 whistles on medium flame
Moong dal and toor dal cooked well
Mash them and keep aside
Soak tamarind in hot water in 10 to 15 minutes
Extract the pulp and keep aside
Transfer grated coconut to mixi jar, grind it and keep aside
Heat a pan add channa dal and moong dal, fry for 2 minutes on low heat
In the same pan add fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds and coriander seeds, fry for 2 minutes on low heat
Add dry chilies and fry for a minutes
Transfer all fried ingredients to the mixi jar 
Grind them as powder
Heat a pan add 1 tblsp oil and add sambar shallots and yellow pumpkin, fry for a minutes on low heat
Add tomato and sauté for a minutes
Add 2 Cup water and salt. Let it boil for a minutes
Add Smashed dal and mix well
Add 1 tblsp chilly powder, 2 tblsp grinded sambar powder, 1 tsp turmeric powder and 1 pinch hing, mix well
Add Turmeric pulp
Add Coconut paste and mix well
Add Jaggery and mix well (if you dont want skip this step)
let it cook till the Masala raw smell disappear
Switch off the stove and garnish with Coriander leaves
Furthermore, in a pan add 1 tblsp oil and mustard seeds
When mustard seeds crackle, add vengaya vadagam and curry leaves
Pour the tempering over the sambar 
Mix well
Serve Pumpkin tiffin  sambar with idly or dosa or vada varieties 

My notes:
1.       You can use masoor dal (red toor dal) instead of moong dal.
2.      You can prepare sambar powder like what I mentioned before in this recipe, this is only giving special taste for this recipe 


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