Yellow pumpkin pulusu (Andhra style recipe)

Ingredients (serves for 3)

Yellow pumpkin - (skin & seeds removed and cut into cubes ) 1 1/2 cup    [1 cup size = 150 ml]

onion - 1

mustard seeds - 1 tsp

urad dal - 1 tsp

curry leaves - few

oil - 2 tsp

red chili - 1

cumin seeds - 1 tsp

green chili - 5

tamarind - 1 medium lemon size

red chili powder - 3/4 tsp

powdered jaggery - 1 tsp

coriander powder - 1 tsp

rice flour - 1 tsp (optional)

salt - as needed

garlic - 4 pods

Method:

• chop the onion and garlic roughly and slit the green chilies lengthwise
• heat oil in a vessel and add mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chili
  
• once it splutters, add chopped onion and green chilies
  
• once the onion become transparent, add garlic
  
• fry till onion and garlic becomes golden brown in color
  
• add cubed yellow pumpkin and add 1 cup of water
  
• cook covered till the pumpkin becomes soft
  
• extract tamarind juice using 1 cup of water and add it to the cooked pumpkin
• add salt, red chili powder, powder jaggery and coriander powder
  
• bring it to boil . if you want the gravy to be little thick, dissolve 1 tsp of rice flour in 3 -4 tsp of water and add it to the gravy. You can eliminate this step, if you like your gravy as thin gravy.
  
• cook till the raw smell goes off and gravy reaches its desired consistency.
• serve with hot white rice
  

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