KUMBALKAI PALYA | PUMPKIN DRY CURRY | PORIYAL RECIPE

A simple and healthy dry curry. It tastes bit sweet bit spicy. Pumpkin is a very humble vegetable with potential for health benefits. Eating pumpkin regularly boosts vision and is also helps lower blood pressure.

Make this pumpkin dry curry as a side dish for meals or to have along with chapati or Akki rotti or poori. we at home usually makes any veggie dry curry for breakfast to have along with chapati or akki rotti.

Dry curry recipes are always healthy, as veggies are just sauted with little oil and fried for few mins. This retains maximum nutrients in veggies thus making healthier. Always try to include atleast one veggie dry curry in your diet for a day.

If you are looking for some more Veggie dry curries, try these :
Aloo palya
Thondekai palya or ivy gourd dry curry
Capsicum fry
Aloo dry curry

Kumbalkai Palya recipe

Serves - 2

Ingredients

Pumpkin - 2 cups, chopped to small dice
Green Chilli - 1, finely chopped
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Black seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Asafoetida - a pinch
Grated coconut - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp

Method

1. In a frying pan/wok, bring 1 tbsp oil to heat, add mustard seeds,after it splutters add black seeds, curry leaves, Asafoetida, finely chopped green chilli and saute for few seconds
2. then add chopped pumpkin, salt to taste, saute well and fry for 5 mins
3. now just sprinkle a handful of water, stir well and cover with lid and simmer for about 5-7 mins
4. bring down from flame ,add grated coconut and coriander leaves

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