Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe with step by step pictures. This Poosanikai Pachadi Recipe is a very common dish made with coconut and yogurt. This little sweet and sour curry will make a delicious accompaniment with rice.
Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe
Amma makes this often whenever she prepares a complete South Indian meal. Pachadi is a important dish in that meal. She makes pachadi with lots of veg, i have posted most of them here. You can check out all my pachadi recipes here.. This recipe is kind of different one, it has raw sour mangoes for tartness and the touch of sugar gives a lovely sweetness to this pachadi. So try this out and let me know how it turns out..
Ingredients for Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe (poosanikai pachadi recipe)
- Pumpkin - 2 cups finely chopped
- Raw Sour Mangoes - 4 tablespoon chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Water - 1 cup
For Paste:
- Coconut - ¾ cup
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
- Green Chilli - 1
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
For Tempering:
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
How to Make Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe (poosanikai pachadi recipe)
- Take grinding ingredients in a mixer. Add some water and make into a smooth paste.
- Take pumpkin and mango in a kadai. Add in water, salt and cook for 10 mins till the veggies is done.
- Now add in sugar, ground masala and mix well.
- Cook for 5 mins till is done. Remove it to a serving bowl.
- Heat oil, add in mustard seeds and curry leaves and let it sizzle for a min.
- Pour this over the pachadi and mix well.
- Serve.
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Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe | Poosanikai Pachadi Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Pumpkin finely chopped
- 4 tablespoon Raw Sour Mangoes chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- For Paste:
- ¾ cup Coconut
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 Green Chilli
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- For Tempering:
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Take grinding ingredients in a mixer. Add some water and make into a smooth paste.
- Take pumpkin and mango in a kadai. Add in water, salt and cook for 10 mins till the veggies is done.
- Now add in sugar, ground masala and mix well.
- Cook for 5 mins till is done. Remove it to a serving bowl.
- Heat oil, add in mustard seeds and curry leaves and let it sizzle for a min.
- Pour this over the pachadi and mix well.
- Serve.
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Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe Step by Step
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| Cut Pumpkin & Raw Mango like this |
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| Take coconut, chilli, mustard and cumin in a blender |
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| Make into a fine paste |
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| Take pumpkin and mango in a kadai |
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| Add some salt |
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| cover with some water |
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| cover and cook |
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| cook till it is done |
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| Add some sugar..I didn't add that much sugar, just a teaspoon would do |
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| Add the coconut masala |
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| sprinkle some turmeric |
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| mix well |
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| Let it simmer for few mins |
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| Remove it to a serving dish |
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| heat oil |
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| add mustard seeds |
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| add in curry leaves |
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| let it sizzle |
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| pour it over the curry |
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| mix well |
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| serve |




































Pretend Chef
Sounds good.