Mathanga (Pumpkin) Curry

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin 2 cup
• Shallots 2 to 4
• Green chilly 3 to 4
• Coconut 1 to 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds 1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/4 Tsp
• Curry leaves
• Mustard
• Water
• Salt
• Oil

Cut pumpkin into medium pieces and cook it with little water and salt. After cooling down, mash it with a spoon and keep it aside. Grind together coconut, shallots, chilly, cumin seeds and turmeric pdr into a paste. Pour this into the mashed pumpkin and mix well. Boil it for few minutes and remove it from fire. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard, shallots, curry leaves and grated coconut. Stir it in low flame till the coconut turns into golden brown colour. Add it into the pumpkin.