Name: Pumpkin Vrat ka sambar for Navarathri or Ekadashi recipe by Radha Natarajan at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 5 tsp coriander seeds; 4 round red dry chillies ( boriya); 2 tbsp roasted peanuts; 2 tbsp kopra / dry coconut; 1 inch stick cinnamon; 1 1/2 cups pumpkin cubes; Rock salt to taste ( sendha namak); To temper...2 tsp oil/ ghee; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp lime juice.; Dhaniya leaves to garnish

ABOUT Pumpkin Vrat ka sambar for Navarathri or Ekadashi RECIPE

this is an excellent recipe to make the most Delicious sambar without using lentils during vrat or fast for Navarathri or Ekadashi.

Ingredients Serving: 4

5 tsp coriander seeds
4 round red dry chillies ( boriya)
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
2 tbsp kopra / dry coconut
1 inch stick cinnamon
1 1/2 cups pumpkin cubes
Rock salt to taste ( sendha namak)
To temper...2 tsp oil/ ghee
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp lime juice.
Dhaniya leaves to garnish

Instructions

Take a pan , dry roast the spices like coriander seeds, kopra, cinnamon, red chillies. Keep aside to cool.
When cooled grind to a paste in the mixie adding little water. Keep aside to be added last when the sambar is 3/4 th ready.
Next boil pumpkin., .., when softened, cool and blend to puree. Keep some pieces aside for the sambar .
Take the puree to another pan, add some water,around 2 cups or a little more if you feel it is too thick.
When the whole mixture seems to be thickening, add the ground paste , adjust salt. add the remaining cooked pumpkin pieces.
To temper, add some ghee or oil in pan, ad cumin seeds, add remaining red chillies and pour over the prepared sambar.Add lemon juice , mix well.

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