Pumpkin Karamani Kootu Kari
Pumpkin Karamani Kootu Kari is a delicious dish served for temple festival. Pumpkin, kerala banana, cow peas cooked together to create this amazing dish.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin – 2 cup cubed
- Raw Banana / Nendran banana - 2 chopped with skins on
- Cowpeas/ Vanpayar/ Thatta Payir/ Karamani / PerumPayir – ½ cup
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Black Pepper powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
For Grinding:
- Coconut – 1 cup grated
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Green chillies – 2
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
- Black Pepper - 2 tsp
Instructions
- Soak cow peas for 4 hours. Pressure cook for 4 whistle and set aside.
- Grind coconut masala and set aside.
- Take banana and pumpkin in a pressure cooker. Add in spice powders and salt and water.
- Cook for 3 whistle and set aside.
- Now add peas and coconut masala in and cook for 10 mins.
- Add curry leaves and mix well.
- Serve.`