Puthu Kottai Sambhar

Ingredients:

• Ash gourd [ white pumpkin ] - 1/2 cup [ cut into dices ]
• Yam [elephant ] Senai - 1/2 cup [ cut into dices ]
• Yellow pumpkin - 1/2 cup [ cut into dices ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 sp
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Green chili - 2 to 3
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup
• Raw rice - 1 / 2 sp
• Methi seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Coconut oil - 2 tabl . sp
• Curry leaves - little
• Sugar or jaggery - 1 sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• dry red chilli - 1 [ broken ]

Method:
Take one pressure cooker, keep on the gas and add cut vegetables along with tamarind paste, salt, turmeric powder, sugar & enough water. Mix well & close the cooker & wait for 1 whistle to come. Meanwhile, grind the coconut & green chili in the mixer. Grind it to a smooth paste.When the pressure goes, open the cooker & add the grinded masala to that. If the kuzambu is thick add little water. Before removing, dry roast the rice & methi seeds. Make powder in mixer & add it to the kuzambu. Allow to boil for 10 mins in lower flame. Then season in coconut oil with mustard seeds & broken red chili. Garnish with fresh curry leaves. Serve with hot rice.