White Pumpkin Kootu | Thadiyagai Thayir Pachadi | Ashgourd Kootu

This is easy to prepare with very few ingredients. White pumpkin has many health benefits for your skin, eye. It also lowers cholesterol and boosts your immune system.

Thadiyagai Thayir Pachadi

Recipe Cuisine: Tamilnadu / South Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 25 mins | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

White Pumpkin / Thadiyangai - 250gms

Curd - 3/4 cup
Salt - as needed

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - a sprig

Oil - 1 tsp

To Grind:

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Green chilli - 4

Cumin / jeerakam - 1 tsp

Method:

Cut  pumpkin into small cubes and boil them with one cup of water.

Meanwhile, grind coconut, green chilli and cumin together without adding water.

When the pumpkin is cooked and its water reduces, add this ground masala. Sauté till the raw smell goes off. 

Switch off the flame. Add the curd and mix it well.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the cooked pumpkin.

Serve.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Take coconut, cumin and green chilli in a mixer. Grind it to a fine powder without adding water

Cut the white pumpkin into small cubes and cook them adding 1 cup of water

Once it is cooked and water reduces, add the ground paste

and salt

Cook till the raw smell of masala is gone for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from flame

To this, add the curd and mix well. It should be taken out while adding curd

Heat oil in a tadka pan, temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Pour this seasoning over the pumpkin

Serve!