Pumpkin Sambar

Ingredients (22)

• for tamarind pulp:
• 1 tablespoon tamarind
• ¼ cup hot water
• for cooking lentils:
• ½ cup tuvar dal
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 cup water
• 1.5 cups water
• for cooking pumpkin:
• 250 grams pumpkin
• 1 cup water
• 1 pinch turmeric powder
• salt
• other ingredients:
• 1 to 1.5 tablespoon sambar powder
• ½ cup water
• for tempering sambar:
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 to 2 dry red chilies
• 10 to 12 curry leaves
• 1 pinch asafoetida