Boodu kumbalakai KadlekaLu Sambar | Ash Gourd Brown Channa Sambar | Karnataka recipes

Sambar /huLi is one of the almost everyday dish in most of the south indian family. Sambar is healthy wholesome side dish with protein, vegetables, liquid and perfect blend of spices
Very popular, no onion no garlic, easy to make sambar recipe.
The combination of winter melon/ Boodu kumbalakai and bengal gram in the sambar is very popular in Karnataka. Try this easy huLi with rice, raagi mudde and we love it with akki rotti

How to make Sarina pudi/Rasam Powder:

Ingredients:
2 ½ cup to 3 cups of cut boodugumbala kayi ash gourd
soak ½ cup of dried whole bengal gram/brown chana yields around 1 cup
½ cup thogari bele / Toor dal
¼ tsp turmeric powder
small key lime size tamarind soaked in water
2 to 2.5 tbsp rasam powder
1 tbsp rice
1 tbsp coriander seeds, and 3 byadagi red chillies
small piece of cinnamon
½ cup grated coconut
1 to 1.5 tsp jaggery
2 to 3 tsp oil ( little for masale and remaining oil for seasoning)
4 to 4.5 cups water(depends on the consistency of the sambar
1.5 tsp salt or salt to taste
5 to 6 curry leaves
For seasoning:
oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of hing
Broken red chillies – 2 to 3 pieces