Pumpkin Curry

 Pumpkin curry is very tasty and easy to prepare coconut masala curry goes well with rice. The following ingredients are needed to prepare Pumpkin Curry.

Ingredients:
Pumpkin.             -250 gm
Grated coconut.   -1 cup +2 tbsp
Dry red chilly.     -5 or 6
Turmeric powder.-1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds.    -1tsp
Cumin seeds.      -1/2 tsp
Curry leaves.      -1 sprig
Water.                 -as required
Salt.                    -to taste
Coconut oil.       -1tsp +1tsp

Instructions:
1). Cut and remove the outer skin of pumpkin and chop pumpkin into medium thick pieces. Keep aside.

2). Grind grated coconut dry red chilly and turmeric powder to a smooth paste adding very little water. Keep aside the ground coconut masala paste.

Method:-
1). In a wide bottom vessel add chopped pumpkin pieces. Add required water and cook pumpkin pieces till soft.

2). Add ground coconut masala paste into the vessel and mix with cooked pumpkin pieces.

3). Add required salt and mix well. Boil the curry for 2 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

3). Heat 1tsp oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Add curry leaves and saute in oil and switch off the flame.

4). Pour the seasoning into the pumpkin curry and mix well. In the same small pan add 1tsp coconut oil and roast 2 tbsp grated coconut till golden brown and pour it in the pumpkin  curry.

Pumpkin Curry is ready to serve with rice. Pump curry is little sweet and less spicy  so small children like it.