Name: Pumpkin Kalasu recipe by shridevi thirumalesh at BetterButter
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Pumpkin -Cut into medium sized pieces -2-3 cups; Grated coconut : 1-1 1/2 cups; Chickpea Black : 1/2 cup; Salt : According to taste; Jaggery powder : 1 table spoon; Green chilles : 1-2 Nos; Cumin seeds : 1 spoon; Turmeric powder : 1/2 spoon; Tamarind : 1/4 lemon sized; Mustard seeds : 1/2 spoon; Cooking oil : for tempering; Curry leaves

ABOUT Pumpkin Kalasu RECIPE

Kalasu is traditional recipe from the southern region of Karnataka. Little sweetish curry tastes well with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Pumpkin -Cut into medium sized pieces -2-3 cups
Grated coconut : 1-1 1/2 cups
Chickpea Black : 1/2 cup
Salt : According to taste
Jaggery powder : 1 table spoon
Green chilles : 1-2 Nos
Cumin seeds : 1 spoon
Turmeric powder : 1/2 spoon
Tamarind : 1/4 lemon sized
Mustard seeds : 1/2 spoon
Cooking oil : for tempering
Curry leaves

Instructions

Soak chickpeas in water for 4-5 hours.
Pressure cook soaked chickpea.
Cook pumpkin with little water & mix with cooked chickpea. Make sure that pumpkin pieces are not overcooked.
Grind coconut, green chillies, cumin seeds,turmeric powder , pinch of salt & tamarind to smooth paste with little water.
Add the coconut paste to cooked pumpkin, add chickpeas & mix well.
Add jaggery & salt according to your taste. Bring to boil.
Heat oil in pan, when mustard seeds start spluttering, add curry leaves. Add this tempering to sweet pumpkin curry.

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