Yellow Pumpkin Thogayal

Easy to do side dish

Recipe Courtesy : My Grand Mother

Ingredients

• Yellow Pumpkin -1/2 kg
• Tamarind: - small lemon sized
• Urad dhall- 4 tablespoons
• Red Chillies - 2
• Salt - as needed
• Hing - 1/4 teaspoon
• Oil - 1 teaspoon
• Coconut - 4 tablespoons or even more

Method

• Peel pumkin's skin and take off the layer with seeds
• First cut them into big pieces.Wash them well

• Chop into small cubes
• Pressure cook for 2 whistles.Do not add water.Yellow Pumpkin will release water on its own.Drain it and keep it aside.Cool the veggie

• Soak tamarind ball in little water for about 10 minutes
• In a pan heat oil.Add red chillies first and saute for a minute
• Add urad dhall and fry till it becomes brown as seen in the picture below

• Turn off the fire.Sprinkle hing and salt.Mix well.Let it cool

Mixie

• First put the grated coconut in the mixer and  run the mixer
• Now add the fried items along with tamarind and grind them
• Finally add the cooked pumpkin and grind everything to a smooth paste.Do not add water while grinding
• Take off the thogayal using spatula provided with the mixer
• Use little water (drained from pumpkin during pressure cooking) while doing so

Healthy and delicious thogayal is ready

Mix with hot rice / serve it with pidi kozhakattati