Yellow Pumpkin Kootu-Yellow Pumpkin Gravy-Kaddu Sabzi

Yellow Pumpkin is rich in beta carotene - a source of antioxidant which helps to reduce risk of cancer and heart disease. It also has vitamin A, B6, C and E. It improves your immunity and slows down the aging process. It is low in calories and can be used to prepare various delicious dishes like soup, kheer, curry, kootu, chutney etc. Today we will learn how to prepare pumpkin gravy following this easy pumpkin gravy recipe-

Before going to the recipe, I would like to share a small personal note.These vegetables are from my small organic kitchen garden. I felt so happy that my efforts are fruitful and I could harvest toxic free vegetables. I did not use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides but just compost from my own kitchen and garden waste. I am posting this picture as it might inspire somebody out there. Let us try not to waste kitchen & garden waste, instead convert them into rich manure.

How to make Yellow pumpkin Gravy (parangikai kootu)
Serves-4-5

Ingredients needed

Yellow Pumpkin - 3 cups chopped
Tur dal - 1/3 cup
Turmeric powder - a pinch

Onion - 2 chopped
Tomatoes - 2
Ginger - 1 inch piece finely chopped

Fry and grind

Red chilli -3
Whole black Pepper - 1/3 tsp
Peanuts - 1 tbsp
Graded coconut -1/4 cup

For the seasoning

Oil -2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few

Preparation

1.Peel,chop pumpkin into cubes and cook in little water adding salt and turmeric powder. Do not pressure cook as it will become mushy.

2.Heat a tsp of oil and fry pepper, red chilli and peanuts nicely and grind it along with grated coconut. Keep it aside.

3.Blanch tomatoes and take tomato puree.

4.Pressure cook toor/tur dal till soft.

Keep everything ready, now to the method

Method

Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters,add onion, ginger and fry till onion turns transparent.

Then add the cooked pumpkin, grounded paste, tomato puree,cooked dal, needed salt, mix well and bring it to boil.

Serve it with rice or as a side dish for chapati. Enjoy the health benefits of this humble vegetable.

More Pumpkin Recipes

Pumpkin Curry (different Subzi without tomato)

Pumpkin Chutney

Pumpkin Kheer

Ash gourd Raita (white pumpkin)

Ash gourd kootu

Olan

Pumpkin Erissery

Meet you all again with another interesting recipe, till then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen.com

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