Duddhi Godi Upkari (Sweet Pumpkin Stir Fry) - Konkani Recipe.

Duddhi Godi Upkari / Duddhya Upkari / Dudhi Upkari is a Konkani style sweet pumpkin stir fry made with yellow pumpkin, goes well as a side dish with rice, chapathi, roti etc.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Duddhi Godi Upkari / Sweet Pumpkin Stir Fry.

Ingredients:-

Yellow Pumpkin. - 250 gm
Salt.                      - to taste

For grinding:-

Grated Coconut. -1/2 cup
Dry Red chillies. -3

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil.     -1tsp
Mustard seeds. -1tsp
Dry Red chilly. - 2
Curry leaves.    - few
Jaggery.            - a small lemon size

Instructions:-

1). Peel the skin of the yellow pumpkin and wash well. Chop the pumpkin into very thin lengthy pieces and keep aside.

2). Grind grated coconut along with 3 dry red chillies to a coarse mixture and keep aside.

3). Grate jaggery with a knife and keep aside.

4). Broke 2 dry red chillies into halves and keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and saute well.

2). Add broken dry red chilly halves and add curry leaves into the pan and fry in oil for a second.

3). Add chopped thin pumpkin pieces into the pan and saute well.

4). Add grated jaggery into the pan and saute well.

5). Add required salt and sprinkle very little water and cook the pumpkin pieces on low flame.Saute in between.

6). When the pumpkin pieces are half cooked add the coarsely ground coconut red chilly mixture into the pan and mix with the half cooked pumpkin pieces. Saute well and cook for 2 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

A very tasty Duddhi Godi Upkari /Duddhi Upkari / Pumpkin Sweet Stir Fry is ready to serve as a side dish with rice, chapathi or roti.