Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, healthy pumpkin curry (kootu curry). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Healthy Pumpkin curry (kootu curry) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Healthy Pumpkin curry (kootu curry) is something which I have loved my entire life.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have healthy pumpkin curry (kootu curry) using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Healthy Pumpkin curry (kootu curry):

1. Make ready 1/4 cup Soaked Chick peas/ channa (brown is healthy)
2. Make ready 3 tbsp Soaked Black eyed peas or any beans u like
3. Take 1/4 kg Yellow Pumpkin
4. Prepare salt
5. Make ready 1 pinch turmeric powder
6. Prepare 3 tbsp grated coconut
7. Get 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
8. Make ready 2 clove garlic cloves
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp Red chilly powder
10. Get 1 tsp Coconut oil
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
12. Take 6 curry leaves
13. Make ready 1 small dry red chilly
14. Make ready 1 pinch urid dhal

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Instructions to make Healthy Pumpkin curry (kootu curry):

1. Cut Pumpkins into small cubes. Set aside the soaked channa and black eyed beans. ( can be soaked for 3hours)
2. Pressure cook the soaked Black channa and black eyed peas till it is done.
3. Once they are done, add the cut Pumpkins, salt and turmeric powder with them and just cook it for one whistle.
4. Grind coarsely the grated coconut, cumin seeds, red chilly powder and garlic cloves. Just grind roughly
5. Open the pressure cooker, check the pumpkin, it should be soft. No matter if it loses its shape.
6. Switch on the flame, heat a pan add oil to that and temper mustard seeds, red chilly, urid dhal, curry leaves.
7. Add the boiled things and ground coconut mixture, mix and cover the pan for 2 minutes.
8. After two minutes open the pan, mix well, check for salt and allow it to boil for few seconds and remove from fire.
9. Serve this with rice, chappati or other Indian bread varieties. Can adjust spiciness according to your taste. Can add other grams or beans also

Ashgourd, also known as White Pumpkin is "Pooshanikai" in Tamil. We can make kootu, sambar, mor kuzhambu and halwa from this vegetable. Pumpkin Kootu is made using Yellow Pumpkin (Paragikai), Moong dal & ground coconut. The nice aroma and flavor of Pumpkin with coconut, cumin ground paste is very appetizing and tasteful. Pumpkin added in vathakuzhambu, sambar brings a nice aroma and flavor to the dishes.

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