Anytime I prepare sambhar or Huli I never use the sambhar powder, I always grind fresh and prepare. This one is a slightly different powder will less ingredients. Tasted divine with chapathi, you can serve with rice also.
Yellow squash is growing amazingly at our house. We get at least 4-5 of them a day. So, trying so many new recipes with it.

Ingredients:
- 6-7 numbers yellow squash washed and chopped
- 1 cup Tuvar Dal cooked in pressure cooker
- To fry – 3 tsp coriander seeds, 1 tsp urad dal, 1 tsp jeera, 1/4 tsp methi seeds, 7 red chillies as seen in picture, 1/4 tsp whole black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh grated coconut
- 1 lemon sized ball tamarind or tomato paste
- For seasoning – oil, mustard seeds and hing
Method:
- Pressure cook Tuvar dal.
- In a separate pan, make the seasoning, add chopped yellow squash and cook it with little water.

- Fry all ingredients

- Grind with fresh coconut and tamarind or tomato paste.

- Add cooked dal, and ground paste to the cooked yellow squash.
- Add salt and 1 tsp jaggery.
- Let it boil completely.
- Serve with chapathi or rice.

Posted by Shanthi Sethuraman on July 2, 2021 at 5:01 am
Very nice, what do you mean yellow Squash? I do not know, is it lemon? other wise your way of preparation is so inspired myself.
Posted by Sowjanya M on July 2, 2021 at 8:21 am
Squash here as shown in picture, I could infer it is sambar southekai or bansouthekai, in kannada
Posted by meeraghu on July 2, 2021 at 10:33 am
Yes, cucumber family, and little harder.
Posted by meeraghu on July 2, 2021 at 10:33 am
Like cucumber.