Mathanga Van Payar Curry | Pumpkin Red Cowpea Curry
Ingredients
- 1 Small Piece Yellow pumpkin(Pumpkin) Deseeded and cut into small pieces,
- 1/2 cup Red Cowpea (Van Payar) Soaked in water for 15 minutes. You can also substitute green gram instead.
- 2 nos Garlic Cloves Crushed
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 nos Dry Red Chillies Kollamulaku
- Curry leaves Few
- As reqd Oil
- As reqd Salt
For Grinding:
- 1 Cup Grated Coconut
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 nos. Green Chillies
- A pinch Turmeric
For Seasoning:
- 2 nos. Shallots
- 2 nos Dry Red Chillies Broken in half
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
- Cook the soaked van payar in required water, a pinch of turmeric and salt in a cooker till done. Meanwhile cook the chopped pumpkin with crushed garlic and salt on the stove till done.
- Smash the pumpkin pieces moderately and mix with the cooked van payar along with gravy, so that it is mixed well.
- :- Let this mixture remain thick and not watery.
- Grind together the ingredients under grinding: coconut, green chillies, cumin seeds and turmeric to a soft mixture.
- Mix it with the cooked pumpkin red cowpea mixture. Heat the curry.
- Add very little water to get the required consistency.
- Bring it to a boil and remove from flame.
- Now its time for seasoning and refer to ingredients under seasoning. Heat coconut oil in a frying pan.
- Splutter mustard seeds.
- Add curry leaves, chopped shallots and red chillies to it.
- Saute, until the small onion turns golden brown.
- Pour the above seasoning into the Mathanga Van Payar Curry.
Notes
You can visit this link Pumpkin Stir Fry. You can also visit this link Van Payar Thenga Curry.
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