Name: Palakkadan Sambar recipe by Jaya Rajesh at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 cup skinned split pigeon pea; 1 small piece of white pumpkin; 1 small piece yellow pumpkin; 5-6 peices of drumstick; 1 medium sized tomato; 1 small lemon sized ball of tamarind; For sambaar masala; 1/2 cup shredded coconut; 1/2 tsp chili powder; 1/2 tsp coriander powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; Salt to taste; few curry leaves; 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida; For tempering; 1 tbsp Coconut oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; few curry leaves; few chopped coriander leaves

ABOUT Palakkadan Sambar RECIPE

Palakkadan sambar is very easy to make and is a must in any occasion. Hope you all like it.

Ingredients Serving: 10

1 cup skinned split pigeon pea
1 small piece of white pumpkin
1 small piece yellow pumpkin
5-6 peices of drumstick
1 medium sized tomato
1 small lemon sized ball of tamarind
For sambaar masala
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
few curry leaves
1/4 Tsp Asafoetida
For tempering
1 tbsp Coconut oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
few curry leaves
few chopped coriander leaves

Instructions

Boil dal along with tomatoes till soft and mushy.
Separately boil vegetables till done.
Now let's make masala for sambaar.
In a pan heat oil and fry coconut till light golden brown.
Once brown add all the spice powders and salt ,saute till the mixture slightly leaves oil.
Switch off the gas and let the mixture cool completely
Grind this mixture into a fine paste.
Mix the pigeon pea and cooked vegetable together and add in the tamarind extract and let the mixture come to a boil.
Once it's boiled add the ground sambaar masala and let it further boil it for few more minutes.
Now heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Let it crackle and add it to sambaar.
Serve hot with steamed rice.

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