Pumpkin Curry -Indian Style
Food Ingredients:
4 cups Pumpkin- cubed 2 Onion – big 3 teaspoons Sambar powder – Tamarind – small gooseberry size Turmeric powder- a pinch Salt as required 1 tablespoon Oil- For the seasoning 1 teaspoon Mustard- 1/2 teaspoon Urad dal- Hing- a pinch 1 Red chillies- Curry leaves- little (optional)
Recipe preparation:
1 Preparation 2 Soak tamarind in warm water for 20 minutes and extract 2 cups of juice. Throw the pulp. 3 Peel the skin, remove the seeds (you can use the seeds to make pumpkin seeds podi which I will post later) and cut it into cubes. 4 Peel and cut onions. 5 Method 6 Cook pumpkin in tamarind water, adding salt and turmeric powder. 7 After it is cooked (do not over cook it ) drain the water if any. 8 Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when they sputter, add other ingredients for seasoning, then add onions, curry leaves and fry till onions turn golden brown. 9 Then add cooked pumpkin, sambar powder and salt needed.(note- we have already added salt to the pumpkin while cooking, so add less) 10 Simmer and cook for another 6-7 minutes stirring in between. Serve with roti, chappati or steamed rice.
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
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