All time favourite of my mom’s ,which she always served when there was was a vegetarian spread. This is a very simple easy curry which is a quick fix for lazy day.Also when there is loads of buttermilk leftover ,it a good idea to use for this curry .
Ingredients:
- Soak in buttermilk and grind to coarse paste :
- Tur dhal 1 tbs
- Small onions 6 to 7 nos
- Coriander seeds 1tsp
- Red chilly 3 to 4 nos [ to taste ]
- Coconut 3 tbs[grated]
- Turmeric a pinch
To season :
- Mustard ¼ tsp
- Urad dhal ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves 6 to 7 nos
- Small onions 4 to 5 nos [chopped ]
- Hing a pinch
- Red chilly 1 no [broken ]
- Oil 1tbs
- Pumpkin 200 gms [chopped ]
- Buttermilk 2 cups
Method :
- Cook the pumpkin in water and keep aside.
- Mix the ground paste in butter milk and to this add the cooked pumkin straining the water.
- In a kadai heat oil add mustard as it splutters add urad dhal as it turns brown add onions ,curry leaves, hing and red chilly .Saute till brown.
- Now add the buttermilk mixture and salt .Let it simmer for 10 min or till the raw smell leaves.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Pumpkin can be substituted with ladies finger [fry in oil ]/chow –chow /raw mango colocasia[seppankilangu/cooked].
