This can be called varutharacha sambar as it tastes similar to sambar, sambar without dal. When I was at Chennai last time and while I was cooking, my FIL came and asked me and my MIL to make sambar without dal. My MIL and myself laughed how one can make sambar without paruppu? He even told these ingredients roughly and asked us to try. But we didn’t believe him to try. But when my reader sent this recipe I was like. So it really does exist . I tried it and it turned out awesome!! The whole house was filled with aroma that I was waiting to finish picturing and eating it. Thanks to Soundhariya for sharing her MIL’s (Jaya Mami) recipe. Do try this for rice, absolutely delicious recipe!

Varutharacha kuzhambu recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 25 mins    |  Serves: 3

Ingredients

Carrot	1, small
Potato	1, small
Yellow pumpkin, cubed	3/4 cup
Tamarind	1 tsp tightly packed
Turmeric	1/4 tsp
Salt	As needed

To dry roast & grind to a paste

Channa dal	1 tblsp
Urad dal	1/2 tblsp
Coriander seeds	1 tblsp
Fenugreek seeds	1/2 tsp
Raw rice	1 tsp
Red chilli, Dry	6
Grated coconut	3/4 cup

To temper

Coconut oil	2 tsp
Mustard	3/4 tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig

Method

1. Cube the veggies after removing their skin. Boil it in a vessel. Once half done, add salt, turmeric, tamarind juice extracted from tamarind (Soak in hot water for 15 mins and extract juice).

2. Mean while, roast the ingredients under “To roast” table, all except coconut together. Once the ingredients turn golden and nice aroma wafts, add coconut and roast for a minute. Roast in medium flame to ensure even roasting.

3. Cool down and grind it along with water to a paste.

4. Once the veggies are cooked, add the ground paste and stir well. Let it boil for 2 minutes. Adjust water consistency.

5. Once sambar consistency reaches, temper with mustard, curry leaves torn and stir well. Put off the flame and keep covered.

Notes

• The original recipe sent by her didn’t had coriander seeds, I added it since I thought it would be nice. 
• I think in place of yellow pumpkin, white also will work. But the reader said these 3 vegetables are best combination.
• Pumpkin gets cooked easily, so add potato and carrot first, also cube pumpkin a bit larger than the other two.
• Next time, I will try adding asafoetida and as I felt it would smell great.

I had with rice and cauliflower curry. It was too good. I will make this often and sure once for my FIL when I cook for him.

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