Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Butter squash Curry / Gumadikaya kura



This is famous and traditional recipe of South Indians particulary Iyengars.My mom prepares this really delicious.


Ingredients:


Pumpkin - 1 1/2 Cup (peeled and cubed)
Tomato - 1 Small (Finely chopped)
Onions - 1 medium(Finely chopped)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tbsp
Jaggery - 2 tbsp ( Powdered)
Green chilles - 2
Red chilli powder
Salt

For seasoning:


Mustard seeds
Urad dal
Curry leaves - 1 Spring
Hing - Pinch
Oil - 2 tsp

Process:


Take oil in a frying pan and heat,once oil heats add mustards,urad & chana dal,hing and curry leaves.

once seeds start spluttering add chopped onions and chopped tomatos,let it cook till onions turns to golden colour.

Then add chopped green chilles,turmeric powder and chopped pumpkin cubes add 1/2 cup water,let it cook till soften on medium flame.

Now add powdered jaggery,red chilli powder and salt,stir it properly and let it cook just 2 to 3 mins without covering.Thats all..........

Its goes good with rice and roti.

10 comments:

Unknown said...

looks deicious n spicy..

Meera said...

Looks delicious. I am going to try soon.

Dhivya said...

wow!looks so colorful annu:))how did u get this color?added some food color?its reaaly tempting

Lavanya Raj said...

Nice one..seams to be tasty for me..

Uma said...

I never made this curry. Looks simply delicious, Annu! I bet it must have tasted great.

Anonymous said...

I like squash a lot. That sounds yummy.

Annu said...

Divya & Meera :Thanks a lot

Dhivya : No dear I did't added any colour :-).....

Uma & Lavi : Its really taste s yummy.......

Nithu : I too like squash a lot.

Madhavi said...

HI..very nice recipe. You have wonderful blog.

Sagari said...

what a delecious looking curry anu

Subhie Arun said...

i neva tried this curry before..looks yummy..will try soon..thx