Mathan Erriserri/Pumpkin curry

Ingredients

Red beans or vanpayar - 1 cup

Yellow Pumpkin(Mathan)- 1/2 kg

Cumin seed(jeerakam) - 1 tsp

Coconut(grated) - 2 cup

Garlic - 2 no

Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp

Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp

Red dry chillies - 3 no

Curry leaves

Coconut oil

Salt

Water

Method

Cut pumpkin into medium pieces and cook it with little water and salt.

At the same time cook red beans in a pressure cooker.

Boil cooked red beans and pumpkin together.

After cooling down, mash it with a spoon and keep it aside.

Grind together coconut, garlic, cumin seeds turmeric powder and,chilly powder into a paste. Pour this into the mashed pumpkin and mix well.

Boil it for few minutes and remove it from fire.

Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard, shallots,red dry chillies curry leaves and grated coconut. Stir it in low flame till the coconut turns into golden brown colour. Add it into the pumpkin.