Pumpkin chutney recipe
"Discover the recipe for Pumpkin chutney, also known as Sihi Kumbalakai chutney, complete with step-by-step pictures. This flavorful chutney is made using cooked pumpkin, coconut, red chili, sesame seeds, and roasted gram. Serve this delicious and nutritious chutney with either rice or dosa for a delightful meal." Pumpkin is familiar by name cheenikai or sihi kumbalakai in Kannada language.
Ingredients
- 1/4 kg pumpkin or sihi kumbalakai
- 2 - 4 red chilies
- 1 tsp ellu or sesame seeds or til
- 2 tbsp roasted gram or gram dal
- small marble sized tamarind
- 1/2 tsp jaggery
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- Salt as per your taste.
Ingredients for tempering:
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- few curry leaves
- 2 tsp cooking oil
Instructions
- Wash, peel and chop the pumpkin.
- Transfer it into a cooker. Add in salt, jaggery, tamarind and little water. Cook until pumpkin is soft. I cookd by making 1 whistle.
- Meanwhile in a frying pan dry roast red chilies and sesame seeds. If you are using gram dal (kadlebele) then roast that as well. I used roasted gram (hurigadale).
- Wait until cooked pumpkin is cool and then grind it along with coconut, fried ingredients and roasted gram (if not using gram dal)
- Transfer it into a bowl. Temper it with oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves and urad dal. Serve it with rice or dosa.
Nutrition
Calories: 20kcalCarbohydrates: 4gFat: 0.5gSodium: 190mg
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