Sweet pumpkin is one of the locally available vegetables of Udupi, many of them grow this in their home garden. Method of storing the vegetables is very attractive in Udupi. Vegetables which lasts long such as mangalore cucumber(vellery), pumpkin are tied with the help of slit coconut leaves to a bambo pole, which is hung across the beams of the roof. But wind of modernity has changed these methods and you can find the above only in some traditional houses. Today I will brief you on sweet pumpkin curry using split pigeon peas/toor dal. This curry is called as “Kumbada Bol Koddel” in tulu.
Pumpkin Recipes-Pumpkin Curry/Sweet Pumpkin Curry Recipe
Ingredients
- Pumpkin-1/2 or Chopped pumpkin cubes- 2 cups
- Split pigeon pea/Toor dal- 1 bowl
- Tamarind- Lemon sized
- Jaggery- Lemon sized
- Green chilly- 2 nos.
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt- 2 teaspoon
- Curry leaves- 1 strand
- Coriander leaves- Handful
- Asafoetida- a pinch
- Udupi Sambar powder- 3 heaped teaspoon
Seasoning ingredients
- Cooking oil- 2 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds- 1 teaspoon
- Split black gram- 1/2 teaspoon
- Broken red chilly- 1 no.
- Curry leaves- Few
Instructions
Method
- Pressure cook split pigeon peas adding a cup of water till mushy. Mash it well and keep aside.
- Heat a vessel adding chopped pumpkin cubes and water covering the pieces. When water starts boiling add tamarind extract, jaggery, turmeric powder,slit green chillies and the strand of curry leaves. Let it cook in simmer till the pumpkin cubes are soft. Keep stirring in between.
- Now add cooked split pigeon peas, udupi sambar powder and salt. Check the consistency of the curry and add little water if needed. Add asafoetida and bring it to boil. Switch off the flame.
- Heat a seasoning pan adding oil, mustard seeds, split black gram, broken red chilly and curry leaves. When mustard seeds splutter and split black gram turns brown, add the seasoning to the pumpkin curry. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- Now pumpkin curry is ready to serve with steamed rice. It is a perfect blend of sweet, sour and spiciness and goes very very well with rice.
Note:
- As taste of pumpkin is slightly sweet, do not add much jaggery. Curry turns out more sweeter otherwise.
- Do not add too much water to cook the pumpkin cubes. The consistency of this curry should be little thicker than other usual curries.
Meet you all with one more interesting Udupi recipe. Till then bye.
