Pumpkin Erissery

Pumpkin (Mathanga) Erissery is a kerala dish and it has a special place in Onam feast. In Kerala, they use more coconut and coconut milk to make this dish. 

This dish is made with yellow pumpkin, not the white one.

In autumn you will get more varieties of pumpkin to make this dish. Serene Orange color of the season matches this dish too..😎🌈

Ingredients:

Pumpkin - 1 small cup
Thoor dal - 4 spoons
chilli powder - 1 spoon
salt - 1 spoon

To Grind:

grated coconut - 1/4 cup

cumin seeds - 1/4 spoon

milk - 20 ml

To temper:

Mustard - 1/2 spoon

coconut oil - 1 spoon

grated coconut - 1 spoon

red chilli - 1

Curry leaves - 1/2 twig

Preparation:

Cook Pumpkin with water for 15 mins. Add 1/4 spoon of salt while its boiling.

Cook Thoor dal in pressure cooker and keep it aside.

Grind coconut and cumin. Add milk while grinding to make the mixture into paste.

In kadai, dilute the cooked dal with cup of water. Add chilli powder and 3/4 spoon of salt.

while its boiling, add the paste. Mix well and let it boil for few mins.

Once it reached curry consistency, temper the ingredients given and season the curry with it.

Servings: 2 - 4