MANTHAN PULISSERY (RED PUMPKIN)

INGREDIENTS • Pumpkin : 1 piece (or as reqd) • 3 cup Curd or thick buttermilk • Salt to taste • Red Chilli powder : 3 tsp • Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp • Black pepper : 1 tsp • Grated Coconut : 1 Cup • Cumin seeds : 1 tsp • 3 nos Red chilli • Curry leaves : as reqd • Mustard seeds : 2 tsp • Methi (fenugreek seeds) : 1 pinch INSTRUCTIONS 1. Remove the seeds and skin from the pumpkin 2. Grind the coconut, cumin seeds and pepper together. 3. Wash the pumpkin pieces in normal water. 4. Put the pumpkin pieces in a pot and add required water. 6. Add salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder 7. When the pumpkin is cooked well, add the ground coconut, cumin seeds and pepper ,mmix into it and stir well. 8. After 2 - 3 minutes add the curd (if necessary, add some water in the curd and dilute it well or it can be used as it is) also and allow to heat for about 2 minutes. 9. Heat the oil in a kadai and then put the mustard seeds in it and then add red chilli & methi seeds 10

. Also add the curry leaves and stir it well and after 2 minutes, put off the stove. Add the fried mustard seeds, red chilli and curry leaves into the and pulissery and serve it