Quick Pumpkin Curry
Ingredients
(Serves 2)
Pumpkin - chopped into small pieces - 1.5 lbs or 1
soup bowl full.
Onion - chopped finely - 4 table spoons
Green chillies - chopped finely - 3 nos.
Mustard -1/2 spoon
Oil - 3 teaspoons
Turmeric powder - a bit
Milk - 3 tablespoons
Tamarind paste - 1/4 spoon.
curry leaves - a little
coriander leaves - chopped finely
chilli powder - a little (optional)
Method:
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard.Once it splutters,
add green chillies,curry leaves & turmeric.
- Add onions.Fry well.
- Once onions are well fried, add pumpkin pieces,salt
& add the tamarind water prepared to it.
- Cook pumpkins well in it.
- After it is cooked well, add the milk.(alter the
quantity of milk depending on how thick you want the
curry to be). keep in medium heat for about 7 - 8 min.
- Garnish with chopped coriander.
Serve with rice or rotis.
Can be made with the chow-chow(chayote squash),snake
gourd,ridge gourd(peerthankai) or even tomatoes.
