White pumpkin curry | Kumbalanga curry | Ash gourd curry recipe
White pumpkin curry / Kumbalanga curry is a vegetarian curry recipe prepared using white pumpkin. White pumpkin is also known as kumbalanga, ash gourd, vellai poosanikai. Kumbalanga curry is the best side dish for rice.
Ingredients
- 2 cup White Pumpkin (chopped)
- 10 Small onion (chopped)
- 3 Green chilly (chopped)
- Salt (as needed)
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- Water (as needed)
For grind
- 1 cup Coconut
- Water (as needed)
For tempering
- 1 tsp Oil
- ¼ tsp Mustard seeds
- Curry leaves (few)
- 1 Red chilly
- 1 Small onion (chopped)
Instructions
- In a pan, add chopped white Pumpkin, small onion, green chilly, turmeric powder, salt and water mix well.
- Cover and cook this for a few minutes or until the white pumpkin is cooked well.
- In a mixer, add 1 cup of coconut and grind it into a smooth paste by adding enough water.
- Add grinded paste to cooked pumpkin and mix well.
- Add required water and salt and mix well.
- Slightly heat the curry and switch off the flame. Don't allow it to boil well.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds, red chilly and small onion saute until small onion turns golden brown.
- Add curry leaves and saute well.
- Add this tempering to the White Pumpkin curry.
- White Pumpkin curry or Kumbalanga curry is ready to serve with rice.