Healthy Pumpkin curry (kootu curry)

Name: Healthy Pumpkin curry (kootu curry)
Total time: 1200 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Soaked Chick peas/ channa (brown is healthy); 3 tbsp Soaked Black eyed peas or any beans u like; 1/4 kg Yellow Pumpkin; salt; 1 pinch turmeric powder; 3 tbsp grated coconut; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 clove garlic cloves; 1/4 tsp Red chilly powder; 1 tsp Coconut oil; 1/4 tsp mustard seeds; 6 curry leaves; 1 small dry red chilly; 1 pinch urid dhal

Priya @cook_2981673

India

Hi All, This recipe is a speciality dish in extreme south India. This is very healthy and cools the body. Try this and write your reviews...

Priya @cook_2981673

India

Hi All, This recipe is a speciality dish in extreme south India. This is very healthy and cools the body. Try this and write your reviews...

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Ingredients

20 mins

1/4 cupSoaked Chick peas/ channa (brown is healthy)
3 tbspSoaked Black eyed peas or any beans u like
1/4 kgYellow Pumpkin
salt
1 pinchturmeric powder
3 tbspgrated coconut
1/2 tspcumin seeds
2 clovegarlic cloves
1/4 tspRed chilly powder
1 tspCoconut oil
1/4 tspmustard seeds
6curry leaves
1 smalldry red chilly
1 pinchurid dhal

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Steps

20 mins

1

Cut Pumpkins into small cubes. Set aside the soaked channa and black eyed beans. ( can be soaked for 3hours)
2

Pressure cook the soaked Black channa and black eyed peas till it is done.
3

Once they are done, add the cut Pumpkins, salt and turmeric powder with them and just cook it for one whistle.
4

Grind coarsely the grated coconut, cumin seeds, red chilly powder and garlic cloves. Just grind roughly
5

Open the pressure cooker, check the pumpkin, it should be soft. No matter if it loses its shape.
6

Switch on the flame, heat a pan add oil to that and temper mustard seeds, red chilly, urid dhal, curry leaves.
7

Add the boiled things and ground coconut mixture, mix and cover the pan for 2 minutes.
8

After two minutes open the pan, mix well, check for salt and allow it to boil for few seconds and remove from fire.
9

Serve this with rice, chappati or other Indian bread varieties. Can adjust spiciness according to your taste. Can add other grams or beans also