Kerala style Raw Papaya Pulinkari - Sadya dish

Name: Kerala style Raw Papaya Pulinkari - Sadya dish
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw papaya peeled, cut into cubes; 1 medium size tomato chopped fine; 1 medium size onion chopped fine; 1/4 cup tamarind mixed water; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 sprig curry leaves; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup water; 1/2 cup grated coconut; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 4-5 garlic cloves; 1 medium size onion sliced; 4/5 green chillies; 1 Tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves; 3 whole red chillies; 2/3 shallots sliced

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA2025
This dish is one of the part of Sadya Meal in Kerala and is so flavourful - raw papaya with coconut paste and spices makes it ideal for Sadya

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA2025
This dish is one of the part of Sadya Meal in Kerala and is so flavourful - raw papaya with coconut paste and spices makes it ideal for Sadya

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Ingredients

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -20 mins

2-3 servings

1/2 cupraw papaya peeled, cut into cubes
1medium size tomato chopped fine
1medium size onion chopped fine
1/4 cuptamarind mixed water
1 tspturmeric powder
1 sprigcurry leaves
1/2 tspsalt
1 cupwater
1/2 cupgrated coconut
1 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspcumin seeds
4-5garlic cloves
1medium size onion sliced
4/5green chillies
Tempering
1 Tbspcoconut oil
1 tspmustard seeds
1 sprigcurry leaves
3whole red chillies
2/3shallots sliced
Serve with rice and banana chips

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Steps

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -20 mins

1

Wash the raw papaya, peel and cube, add to earthen pot, add chopped tomato, sliced onion, slit green chillies, curry leaves, tamarind water
2

Add salt, turmeric powder and water, mix and bring it to boil covered. Set aside
3

In a blender add grated coconut, add red chilli powder and grate well. Set aside
4

To the same blender add cumin seeds, sliced onion, garlic cloves and blend, add it back with grated coconut mix and paste well one more time
5

Into the boiled papaya, add the coconut mix and stir well, set aside
6

Tempering - in a wok heat coconut oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, whole red chilli, and stir and it to the papaya mix and stir well.
7

Plate and enjoy 😊

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on July 31, 2025 08:25

Kolkata

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