Name: Erissery
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Pumpkin (Mathanga); Salt (As reqd); 5 tbsp Coconut (grated); Cumin seeds (A pinch, Jeerakam); 1 no Dry red chilly (Kollamulaku); 1 tbsp Coconut oil; 1 tbsp Coconut (grated); Mustard seeds (A pinch); 1 no Dry red chilly (Kollamulaku); 1 stalk Curry leaves

Erissery

Erissery made with pumpkin(mathanga)

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 cup Pumpkin Mathanga
Salt As reqd
5 tbsp Coconut grated
Cumin seeds A pinch, Jeerakam
1 no Dry red chilly Kollamulaku

For seasoning:

1 tbsp Coconut oil
1 tbsp Coconut grated
Mustard seeds A pinch
1 no Dry red chilly Kollamulaku
1 stalk Curry leaves

Instructions

Grind together grated coconut, cumin seeds and dry red chilly into a paste.
Cook pumpkin along with salt and water, until half done.
Add the ground paste and cook well.
Remove from fire.
Heat coconut oil in a kadai or a pan.
Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chilly.
When it starts to splutter, add the grated coconut and fry it until it turns brown. Take care that the coconut doesn`t get burnt.
Add the seasoning to the cooked vegetable and mix well.
:- Serve with hot rice and papadam.
:- Erissery can also be made with green bananas, bread fruit, green jack fruit etc.

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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chaitanya October 16, 2004

Thanks for the good receipe. It came out quite well.
How about adding green gram along with pumpkin?

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Shinu October 1, 2004

Easy to prepare and tastes very good.

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Lakshmi Gopa May 14, 2004

I was trying this recipe for the first time. Made it for my husband`s birthday…and it was very tasty.

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Lalitha March 12, 2004

Very tasty,delicious..good recipe

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Jango January 28, 2006

Good recipe and easy to prepare as well.But it turns good because of my touch.

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yoges singam November 29, 2005

This dish turned out really great. Can you recommend a food processor that i can buy in the USA for grinding small amounts of wet ingredients like the ingredients in this recipe?

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MJ May 10, 2010

Really good. Same as my mother cook it. Wonderful …thanks a lot..

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Meera November 17, 2007

Was making it for the first time… Came out very Gud. Thanks a Lot .

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george November 10, 2005

Excellent recipe. Erisseri came up really well. I added green dal too while cooking and it came really good.

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diana January 12, 2006

Its really nice.It will be more good if u add some rice fried along with the seasoning and put it in the curry.

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Smitha April 19, 2005

Dish came out really well..thanks for the recipe..

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joshny May 21, 2004

i tried this many times.very easy and tasty.

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Swetha August 20, 2004

good recipe. easy to prepare. thanks

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Fathima July 9, 2006

I have tried this recipe a number of times. It is really good.

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Sudha January 12, 2007

Very tasty..simple,easy to prepare,,,Good One!

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