This is one of the easy dry curry which you can make in under 20 mins or so. There are only few spice powders added in this, but it taste really good. This dish is called as khatta meetha kaddu..Khatta means sour, meetha means sweet and kaddu means pumpkin..So it is sweet and sour pumpkin..The sourness comes from the amchoor powder and sweetness comes from pumpkin and sugar..If you dont have amchoor powder, you can add little tamarind or lemon juice..
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PUMPKIN DESERT RECIPES,
Pumpkin Pancakes
Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin Puree
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Serves: 3 to 4
Pumpkin - around 3 cups peeled and cubed
Oil - 2 tblspn
Cumin Seeds / Jeeragam - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar - 2 tsp
Amchoor Powder / Dry Mango Powder - 2 tsp or to taste
Roasted Cumin Powder - 1.5 tsp
Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves a handful
Method:
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cumin and let them sizzle.
Add in pumpkin and toss well in oil. Add in salt and sugar and mix well. Cover and cook on a low heat for 10 to 15 mins till pumpkin is cooked. It has to be cooked but still it has to hold its shape.
Now add in amchoor, roasted cumin powder and pepper powder. Mix well.
Finally add in coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve this with rice, roti or poori.
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| Take your pumpkin |
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| cut it in half, scoop the seeds out |
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| peel em |
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| slice them |
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| chop them |
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| Now take your other ingredients |
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| I simply adore the orange flesh of these pumpkins |
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| Now heat oil in a pan |
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| add in cumin seeds |
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| let them sizzle |
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| add in pumpkin |
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| season with salt and sugar |
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| toss well |
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| cook till sugar melts |
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| cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 10 to 12 mins till pumpkin is cooked |
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| Now it is done |
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| at this point add in roasted cumin powder, amchoor powder..If you dont have amchoor powder, you can add tamarind or lemon juice |
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| add some fresh black pepper powder |
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| toss well |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| Serve |
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Aarthi... Your recipes are my life saver... Just love each one of them.. Thank you. Wanted to know whether we can use jaggery instead of sugar in this recipe?
Sara
Aarthi, I'm so glad I found your blog. I will be trying this recipe today, in hopes of recreating my grandmother's pumpkin curry recipe. I can't wait to try some of your other recipes. Thank you for including the step-by-step photos, and for also including the translation of the words khatta, meetha, and kaddu.