dal pumpkin goes well to serve as a side to chapathi, rice, puri, and dosa as well. It is packed with nutrition and is absolutely healthy. If you are new to using pumpkin, then I suggest trying this easy recipe. Pumpkin is often used to make curry, kootu, halwa , kheer and sambar.
We add vegetables to dal to add nutrition. In Andhra cuisine we make dal recipes with most vegetables like dal tomato, dal mango, dal ridge gourd and dal lauki.
This dal pumpkin recipe is one such addition to the endless list. Dal and pumpkin are pressure cooked and then seasoned that’s it. It’s very simple.
We usually add dried mango pieces (endu mamidi mukalu) to add tang to the dal. Amchur can be used and you can very much add more or less ingredients to suit your taste.
You can use toor dal, moong dal or masoor dal to make this, any lentil just goes goes good to make dal pumpkin.
dal pumpkin recipe
dal pumpkin recipe without onion garlic | gummadikaya pappu
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )
- 1 cup pumpkin chopped
- ½ cup dal
- 2 green chilies
- 4 pepper corn
- 1 tsp amchur powder (adjust as per your taste)
- Salt to taste
Tempering
- 1 pinch hing
- Ghee or oil as needed
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 Pinch mustard seeds
- 1 Pinch cumin
- 1 red chili , broken
- ¼ tsp turmeric
Instructions
- Pressure cook dal, pumpkin, green chilies, pepper corn, salt with 1 ½ glasses of water for 2 to 3 whistles.
- Heat a pan with ghee for tempering, add cumin, mustard, red chili, once they begin to splutter, add curry leaves and hing. Mash the dal to smooth & pour the dal and water if needed to adjust the consistency.
- Add amchur powder, let the dal begin to bubble up. Off the heat.
- Serve dal pumpkin with rice or chapathi. You can refrigerate and use up within 48 hours.
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
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Step by step pictures
This recipe came out so well.. such simple ingredients and awesome taste.
Glad to know Kamala
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Hi Jyo,
We usually put the dried mango pieces in a small bowl with little water. Keep that over the dal bowl inside the cooker. Adding them to the dal directly sometimes won’t cook the dal well.
delicious healthy dal..
its a real pleasing and comfort dhal with rice..
Very new to me. Delicious dal, will surely try it.
Swasthi, I love pumpkins a lot and this dal is up my alley!
yummy and awesome dal recipe.
dal looks so rich and creamy…love to have this now…yumm yummm
Looks so yummy…:-)
looks yummy!! i also like Dal without garlic.
looks yummy and very very delectable…
Dal looks creamy and perfect for this pumpkin season…I love to have it with my rotis..
Delicious dal…would love to have it with hot rice.