Manchi Gummadi Thalimpu / Pumpkin stir fry

This is a long shelf life vegetable. This can be used in preparing soups or curries or even in making pies. I have prepared a simple stir fry.

Ingredients:

Pumpkin - Chopped into 1 inch cubes - 2 cups

Oil - 2 tbsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Chana daal - 1 tsp

Urad daal - 1 tsp

Dry chilli - 2

Curry leaves 1 string

Jaggery / Sugar - a small pinch

Salt

Pumpkin

Method:

Heat a wide pan with oil. When it is hot enough, add red chilli, mustard, chana daal, urad daal and fry until they change the colour. Now add the curry leaves and then chopped pumpkin

Add pinch of turmeric and salt and stir well. Add 1/4 cup of water and cover it with lid.

In the meantime roast 1 tsp each of coriander seeds and cumin and pound them into coarse powder.

Roasted cumin and coriander

When the pumpkin has become soft and all the water is evaporated  then sprinkle the spice powder  and remove from the fire.