Onam Special - Ash Gourd Pulissery
Recipe for Ash gourd pulissery - Onam Sadya recipe | Moru Curry | White pumpkin and yogurt curry - Pulissery is a stew made using yogurt and spice-coconut paste, and a part of the Onam Sadya menu.
Ingredients
- 250 grams ash gourd winter melon diced /
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1.5 cups yogurt sour
to grind to a paste
- 1/2 cup coconut grated
- 3 - 4 green chillies
- 1.5 tsps cumin seeds
- 1 tsp rice flour
for tempering
- 2 tsps coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 - 3 chillies dried red
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
Instructions
- In a pan, bring 2 cups water to a boil with turmeric and salt. Add diced ash gourd pieces to this and boil for 8-10 minutes until they are tender. Do not overcook this, the gourd pieces must retain their shape.
- Meanwhile, in a mixer jar, grind the chilli, coconut, cumin, rice flour to a fine paste using 3-4 tbsp water. Remove this into a bowl and whisk in the yogurt to get a smooth mixture.
- Add this mixture to the cooked ash gourd and bring to a simmer over a low flame.
- Do not bring this to a vigorous boil.
- Heat the oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add the curry leaves, fenugreek seeds and red chillies. Once the fenugreek turns golden brown, transfer this tempering over the pulissery.
Notes
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