Vaniensamayalarai: Pumpkin Kathi / Thadiyangai Mour Kuzhambu

Friday, February 6, 2015

Pumpkin Kathi / Thadiyangai Mour Kuzhambu

Pumpkin kadhi is a yogurt based curry made with pumpkin. It is very healthy and nutritious food. The recipe is very light with less amount of oil and spices, makes it an excellent cuisine for healthy conscious people. It contain a rich source of vitamins and calcium.

A very spongy texture and it's sweetness with a combination of thick gravy in sour yogurt makes it a delicious. Let us start to cooking this yummy recipe at your home......

Preparation time : 5 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 5

INGREDIENTS :

White pumpkin / Thadiyangai - 1/2 kg (sliced)

Yogurt - 1 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn

Salt - as needed

Water - as needed

FOR MASALA :

Coconut - 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspn

Shallots / small onins - 6

Green chilli - 2

Garlic - 2

Soaked raw rice - 1 tspn

Soaked bengal gram - 1 tspn

FOR TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 2 tspn

Mustard - 1 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Shallots / small onions - 3 (chopped)

Red chilli - 2 (broken)

METHOD :

First grind the grinding items (given in the ingredients) into fine paste.
Let's start to grind, for that you have to soaked raw rice and bengal gram for 10 mins.
And grind the grinding things given in the ingredients (for masala).
In a kadai add sliced pumpkin and water allow to cook on a medium flame for 5 mins.
Add masala into the boiled pumpkin and add in turmeric, salt and cooked it for 10 mins. untill the raw smell is gone
Now off the stove and In another kadai temper the items one by one given in the ingredients.
Pour it into the pumpkin mixture and atlast add yogurt to it and mix well.
If you want add some water on it and mix well.
Now the pumpkin kathi is ready.