Kumbalakai Palya

Kumbalakai (Sweet pumpkin) is a tasty vegetable as the name itself shows it’s sweet and yummy to taste. This is my mother’s recipe, I am sure you love to eat this with akki rotti or with chapatti. Try it.

Preparation time: 15mins

Cooking time: 15mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

3cups Kumbalakai (sweet pumpkin) cubes (Don’t Peel the skin)

½ cup boiled Avarekalu (Optional)

1tsp Bengal Gram dal

1tsp Black Gram dal

3tsp vegetable oil

1tsp Mustard seeds

1tsp red chilli powder

1tsp Coriander powder

2tsp Jaggery

2tsp fried Ground nut powder

3tsp coarsely chopped Coriander leaves

4 finely chopped Green chillies

10 Curry leaves

Salt

Water

  

Procedure:

1. Keep a kadai to heat, add oil followed by mustard seeds as it splutters add Bengal gram, black gram and sauté till they turns golden brown.
2. Later add green chillies and curry leaves, fry.
3. Add boiled Avarekalu and Sweet pumpkin cubes and let it cook in low flame (if required add little water to cook).
4. As they turns tender add red chilli powder, Jaggery, coriander powder, ground nut powder and salt.
5. Mix well and cook for 3mins, finally add coriander leaves.
6. Kumbalakai Palya is ready to serve.