Kerala Mambazha Pulissery Recipe

Ingredients needed

Ripe mango – 1

Ash gourd /white pumpkin – 1 cup (or you can use yellow cucumber)

Turmeric Powder – a generous pinch

Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp

Yogurt /Curd – 1 cup (whip it well)

For the grinding

Grated coconut – 1/2 cup

Cumin seeds /Jeera – 3/4 tsp

Green chilli – 2-3

For the seasoning

Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds- 1/2 tsp

Red Chilli – 2

Curry leaves – few

Preparation

Peel and cut mangoes into medium size pieces.

Peep and chop ash gourd into medium size pieces.

Grind grated coconut, jeera and green chilli with little yogurt.

Method

Cook mangoes with turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Cook pumpkin separately with salt and add to the above.

Lower the heat and add yogurt. Boil for a few minutes.

Then add the grounded paste and boil for a few more seconds. Check for salt.

Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add fenugreek, red chilli and curry leaves. Pour this seasoning over the pulissery.

Serve it with rice.

Note -You can use any other oil but using coconut oil gives an authentic taste of Kerala.

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