Sunday, 29 May 2011

PUMPKIN KADALAI PARUPPU KOOTU (SELVIEM)

pumpkin kadalai paruppu kootu:
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kadalai paruppu - 3/4 cup soak for 1/2 hour and pressure cook one whistle and remove the water (can use the water for soup or rasam)
pumpkin (yellow) - 2 cups cut in cubes

in a pan add pumpkin cubes, green chillies 3 (slit), turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp, salt reqd. and 1/2 cup of water cover and cook till pumpkin is 3/4th cooked.

than add cooked dhal with this and allow it to cook for another 5 mintues.

now grind a coarse paste from 4-5 tblsp of grated coconut and 1 tsp of jeera.

add this paste to pumkin-dhal mixture and allow it to cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

in a kadai, add oil (either coconut oil or cooking oil)- 1 to 2 tsp, mustard seeds, urad dhal, little vadagam, red chilly 2 and curry leaves. then add one big onion chopped and fry for 3 minutes, then transfer to dhal mixture, after one boil remove from fire. serve hot with steamed rice, chapathis.

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