Pumpkin Curry -Indian Style
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-
1 teaspoon Mustard-
1/2 teaspoon Urad dal-
Hing- a pinch
1 Red chillies-
Curry leaves- little (optional)
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.
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About
This curry will not be sweet as we are cooking it in tamarind water.Taste great with rice and chapati
Yield:
4
Added:
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 12:02am
