Mathanga Erissery recipe / Pumpkin curry
2014-08-22- Yield : 250 gm
- Servings : 3
- Prep Time : 10m
- Cook Time : 15m
- Ready In : 25m
Mathanga Erissery Pumpkin Erissery or Mathanga Erissery is Kerala’s one of the traditional dish. Erissery is one of the main dish (koottu curry) for Sadya . Mathanga means yellow pumpkin in Malayalam.
Traditionally, one of the main ingredient in mathanga erissery is vanpayar (black beans). But for a twist, I am not using payar in this recipe.
Try this recipe for upcoming onam sadya.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin/Mathanga - 3 cup
- Green chilly – 5 nos (chopped)
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Small onion(shallots) – 4 nos (chopped)
- Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
- Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves - 2 sting
- Water – 2 cups
- Coconut oil - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Dry red chilly -2 nos
Method
Step 1
Peel the skin and chop the pumpkin or mathanga into medium size pieces. Clean with water.
Step 2
Cook pumpkin or mathanga with turmeric powder,1 1/2 cup of water,green chilly and salt. When it is cooked well, mash it.
Step 3
Grind together grated coconut,cumin seeds,small onion with 1/2 cup of water.
Step 4
Add the coconut paste to mashed mathanga, mix well and cook on low flame for 5 minutes.
Step 5
Heat a pan add 2 tsp of coconut oil and crackle mustard seeds and curry leaves and dry red chilly.
Step 6
Pour this over the cooked mathanga.
Step 7
Tasty mathanga or pumpkin erissery is ready served with rice.
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