Red pumpkin curry

Ingredients:

Pumpkin: 300 g

Green chilly: 1 slit

Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp

Chili powder: ½ tsp

Cumin powder: ½ tsp

Salt to taste

To temper:

Oil: 2 tsp

Mustard seeds: ½ tsp

Black gram/urad dal: ½ tsp

Red chilly: 2 broken

Asafoetida/hing: a pinch

Curry leaves: 8-10

Cilantro:  2 tbsp

Method:

Peel the hard skin of the pumpkin. Cut into small pieces and wash well.

Heat oil. Add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Add the black gram/urad dal and cumin seeds. Stir for few seconds and add curry leaves, red chilly and asafetida. Stir for a few minutes.

Add the pumpkin. Stir cook for few minutes. Add salt and turmeric powder. Cover and cook for 5 mins on medium heat.

Then add chili powder and cumin powder. Mix and cook for 2 minutes. Pumpkin should be of a soft consistency by now. Add cilantro.

Done!