Pumpkin Green Gram Kootu Recipe with step wise pictures.
Pumpkin green gram curry taste amazing with some plain rice or kanji. You can make it spicy and have it with some porridge as well.
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
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- Pumpkin - 3 cups cubed
- Green Gram - ½ cup
- Onion - 1 chopped finely
- Green Chillies - 2 chopped
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coconut - 1 cup
- Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chillies - 3
- Coconut Oil - 3 tblsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chillies - 2
- Curry Leaves a handful
- Pressure cook green gram for 3 to 4 whistle till it is completely cooked. Set aside.
- Take pumpkin, onion, green chillies in a pot and add salt and turmeric powder.
- Cook till pumpkin is half cooked.
- Now add in green gram and mix well.
- Grind coconut masala.
- Add coconut masala and mix well.
- Cook till it thickens.
- Heat oil in a pan, add seasoning ingredients and let them sizzle.
- Pour it over the curry.
- Mix well. Serve.
Pictorial:
1)Make the masala. Take coconut in a blender
2)Add dry red chillies and cumin seeds
3)Grind them
4)Pressure cook green gram till soft and set aside.
5)Take pumpkin, onion and green chillies in a pot.
6)Add in salt and turmeric powder
7)Add water
8)Bring it to a boil
9)Cook till pumpkin is done.
10)Add green gram
11)Add coconut mix
12)Mix well
13)Cook till it thickens
14)Heat oil in a pan
15)Add in mustard seeds, urad dal.
16)Add in dry red chillies and curry leaves
17)Pour over the curry
18)Serve
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