Saturday, February 16, 2008

Pumpkin Eriserry


This is a traditional Kerala dish cooked with yellow pumpkin & oriental red beans.

Ingredients:
2 Cups Yellow Pumpkin cut into medium pieces
1/4 Cup Red Chori soaked
Salt to taste


Grind:
1/2 Cup Coconut gratings
1/4 Tsp Jeera
1 Shallot
1 Garlic
1 Red Chilli

Grind the above with little water.

Seasoning:
1 Tsp Oil
1/4 Tsp Mustard Seeds
Few Curry Leaves
1 Red Chilli Broken

Preparation:
Pressure cook beans with salt and keep aside.
Cook pumpkin in a sauce pan with 1/2 cup water and salt.
Add the ground coconut paste and the cooked beans.
Cook for 2 minutes.
Meanwhile heat oil in a pan and add the seasoning.
Once mustard crackles,add it to the pumpkin.

Tips:
Pumpkin gets cooked fast so cook it with little water.
Don't pressure cook pumpkin.
Fried coconut gratings can be added at the end.

Ease of Preparation: Easy

No. of Servings:
4

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

kollam kazhikallo alle?