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