SWEET PUMPKIN STEW (Gummadikaya Antu Pulusu)

This is a delicious curry rich with many health benefits. Pumpkin is rich in beta carotene which is an anti-oxidant that protects against heart diseases and reduces the risk of cancer. Easy to prepare dish.

Ingredients
Red Pumpkin pieces 1 cup
1 Onion
A small lemon sized tamarind 
2-3 green chillies
1/4 tbsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp chilly powder
1 tbsp jaggery (adjust according to your taste)
Salt to taste

Seasoning Ingredients
2-3 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
1/2 tbsp fenugreek seeds
2-3 red chillies
curry leaves
1 inch cinnamon stick
2-3 cloves


Method
Cut the pumpkin pieces to 2 inch cubes. Chop the onions and keep aside. Soak tamarind in 1 cup water and keep it aside.
Now take a cooking vessel, add oil and add all the seasoning ingredients and then add onions, green chillies slit to half, fry for 2-3 minutes. Now add pumpkin pieces and fry for 5 min and cover the vessel with lid for another 5 minutes.

Then add salt, turmeric powder, chilly powder and close the lid for another 5 minutes.
Now add water and let it boil till the pumpkin pieces turn soft. Once it is done add the tamarind juice and let it boil for 5 minutes.
Finally add the jaggery and bring it to boil for 2 minutes with lid covered till the stew turns thick.
Finally add 1 tbsp ghee and garnish with coriander leaves and turn off the flame.
Serve hot with rice.

PUMPKIN SWEET CURRY

Pumpkin is a wonder fruit rich in nutrients, vitamins, minerals. It has many disease fighting nutrients like beta carotene, potassium, zinc, vitamin C and E and fiber rich. Pumpkin sweet curry is a welcome dish for pumpkin lovers with its unique taste.

Ingredients

1 small pumpkin
2 onions
2-3 green chillies
1 lemon sized tamarind soaked in 1 cup water
50gms jaggery
1teaspoon chilly powder
1/2teaspoon turmeric powder
2teaspoons coriander powder
salt to taste

Seasoning Ingredients

1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1teaspoon fenugreek seeds
2-3 cloves
1 inch sized cinnamon
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

Method

Heat oil in a pan, put all seasoning ingredients, let them fry then add green chillies slit into two halves, chopped onions, fry till the onions turn light brown, now add the pumpkin pieces fry for 5 minutes, now add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder and salt, fry for 2 minutes.

Now add 1 cup of plain water and close the pan with lid and let it simmer till the water evaporates, finally add the tamarind water and jaggery and mix well. Turn off the heat.