Sambhar

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Ingredients list for Sambhar

• 1/2 cup Split Pigeon Peas soaked
• 4 teaspoons Sambhar Powder
• 1 Drumstick peeled
• 1 medium Potato peeled
• 50 grams Red pumpkin (bhopla/kaddu) peeled
• to taste Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• 2 tablespoons Oil
• 10-15 Sambhar onions
• 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida
• 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
• 15-20 Curry leaves
• 2 Green chillies slit
• 1 Dried red chillies broken
• 1 tablespoon Tamarind pulp

Method

1. Heat 2 cups water in a deep non stick pan. Cut drumstick into 1 inch pieces and add to the pan. Cube potato and red pumpkin and add along with salt. Cover and cook till vegetables are cooked.
2. Pressure cook dal with salt, turmeric powder and 1 cup water till 3-4 whistles are given out. Open the lid of the cooker when the pressure reduces completely and mash the dal well.
   Heat oil in a deep non stick pan. Slice sambhar onions.
3. Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, curry leaves and sambhar onions to the oil in the pan and sauté. Add green chillies and continue to sauté till fragrant.
4. Add red chilli and sambhar masala and mix and sauté for 1 minute. Add a little water and mix. Add dal and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes.
   Add the vegetables along with the water in which they were cooked and mix.
5. Add tamarind pulp and mix well. Adjust consistency by adding water as required. Simmer for 4-5 minutes.
   Serve hot with hot steamed rice or with idli or dosa.

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