Yellow Pumpkin Paal Kootu

    Yellow Pumpkin Paal Kootu

          This kootu can be served as a main dish or sidedish. Pumpkin is one of the most widely grown vegetables and is incredibly rich in vital antioxidants and vitamins.

Ingredients :

·        Pumpkin – 2 cup

·        Salt as needed

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

·        Sugar – 2 to 3 spn

·        Milk – 1 cup

·        Rice flour – 1 spn

For masala paste(fry and grind):

·        Oil – 1 spn

·        Black gram /urad dal – 3 spn

·        Red chilli – 4

·        Grated coconut – 3 spn

·        Curry leaves few

For seasoning :

·        Oil – 1 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Urad dal – ½ spn

·        Curry leaves few

Preparation :

·        Clean the pumpkin by removing the skin,seeds and also the husk covering the seeds. Cut them into 1 inch sized cubes.

·        Heat oil in a pan and fry all the masala paste ingredients. Allow it to cool and grind into fine paste by adding little water.

·        Make rice flour paste by adding 2 spn of water without any lumps.

·        To make the seasoning: heat oil in a pan ,then add the seasoning items one by one  and keep it aside.

Method :

·        In a pan, Cook the pumpkin cubes with salt and turmeric powder  with enough water.

·        Then add the masala paste  and stir well.

·        Cover it and cook until raw smell goes off.

·        Next add sugar and cup of milk.

·        Allow it to cook for 5 mins.

·        Then add rice flour paste and stir well till becomes thick.

·        Atlast pour the seasoning mixture into the kootu.

·        Mix everything.Done!

                                 

Pumpkin paal kootu is ready..Serve hot.. J