Pumpkin Erissery
A traditional Kerala Sadya dish that carries the flavours of coconut, yogurt, and carefully balanced spices. Each component of the feast has its role, and this one brings a quiet, essential balance to the banana leaf.
Ingredientsfor 2 servings
- 2 cup Pumpkin — cut into pieces, ripe
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Coconut — grated
- 3 nos Red chillies
- 1 tsp Urad dhal uzhunnu
- 1 Stem Curry leaves
- 2 tsp Oil
- Salt, to taste
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1 cup Coconut — grated
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Chilly powder
- 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)
- 5 nos Garlic pods
Preparation
Step 1
Cook pumpkin with water and salt.
Step 2
Grind the ingredients into a coarse form.
Step 3
Add the ground mixture in to the cooked pumpkin and Stir everything together thoroughly and Let it cook for 5 minutes.
Step 4
Pour oil into a pan and heat it and let the mustard seeds crackle followed by grinded Coconut,Uzhunnu,Red chillies,curry leaves.
Step 5
Pour it into the cooked pumpkin curry and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 6
Your Pumpkin Erissery is ready! :- Serve the Pumpkin Erissery with Rice. :- the Pumpkin Erissery!
Tip
When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.
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