Name: Mathanga Erissery
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: pumpkin a small piece (1 cup); daal 1 cup; green chilly 4 to 8; turmeric powder 1 tsp; tomato 1; coconut 1 cup; cumin seeds 1 tsp; ginger 1 inch piece; garlic 2 cloves; salt to taste; oil 1 table spoon; mustard 2 tsp; curry leaves 2 sprig; dried red chilly 4; shallots 8

Mathanga Erissery

Mathanga Erissery

its a very famous dish in sadya

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

pumpkin a small piece (1 cup)
daal 1 cup
green chilly 4 to 8
turmeric powder 1 tsp
tomato 1
coconut 1 cup
cumin seeds 1 tsp
ginger 1 inch piece
garlic 2 cloves
salt to taste
oil 1 table spoon
mustard 2 tsp
curry leaves 2 sprig
dried red chilly 4
shallots 8

Instructions

take a small piece of pumpkin
cut it to pieces
soak dal in little water for 5 minutes
mix the pumpkin and daal in a pan
Add little water ,green chilly ,tomato to it
Add turmeric powder and let it cook well(I used pressure cooker and waited for 2 whistles)
meanwhile take a mixer and add the ginger ,garlic ,2 green chillies ,cumin seeds
pour little water
grind it well and then add few curry leaves and grind it.
when our pumpkin is cooked
add the grinded mixture
mix it well
meanwhile heat a pan and add oil to it. when its hot, add mustard
when it splutters add dried red chilly
add shallot and curry leaves. saute it well and off the flame
when the coconut and the pumpkin gets cooked well .
add the mustard mixture .stir well
our dish is ready
serve hot along with rice or chappathi.