Pumpkin Pulissery - Cooked With Ground Coconut & Yogurt | Kerala Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Vegetarian
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 8 People
Ingredients
To cook pumpkin
  • Pumpkin, diced- 3 cups
  • Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
  • Chili powder- ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves- 1 sprig
  • Water- ½ cup
  • Salt- 1 tsp
To Grind
  • Coconut, grated- ½ cup
  • Green chilies- 2
  • Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
  • Water-1/4 cup
Other ingredients
  • Yogurt- ½ cup
For tempering
  • Coconut oil- 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
  • Whole dried red chili- 2
  • Curry leaves- 5 leaves
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan, combine pumpkin with the ingredients mentioned above “to cook pumpkin’ and cook covered till pumpkin has turned soft. Don’t over cook or mash it.
  2. In a blender, grind the above mentioned ingredients “to grind”.
  3. Add the ground coconut mixture to the cooked pumpkin, combine well and cook for a few minutes till the raw taste of coconut goes away.
  4. Add the yogurt to a bowl & beat it well using a spoon or whisk.
  5. Take the pan off the heat and add yogurt to it, combine well.
  6. Taste and add more salt if needed.
  7. Keep it covered.
For making seasoning
  1. Heat a small frying pan, add coconut oil, let oil turn hot.
  2. Add mustard seeds, let splutter.
  3. Add dried red chilies, halved and curry leaves, saute for a few seconds.
  4. Pour this seasoning over the pumpkin pulissery, close the pan with the lid.
  5. Serve as a side dish along with rice. This can be also served as one of the side dishes in Kerala Sadhya.
Notes
-You could replace pumpkin with pineapple, mango, plantain etc.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/pumpkin-pulissery-pumpkin-in-coconut-yogurt-gravy/