Pumpkin Kadi

Here's another recipe that falls into the "Sanaach Sampaak" category.

My grandma, Indira Ramarao(daughter of Koviladi Madhav Rao) married to C.H. Ramarao, whose authentic recipes I am sharing.

PUMPKIN KADI

Ingredients:

• Curd(dahi)- 1/2 L (sour)
• Coconut-1/4 cup freshly grated
• Green chillis- 5 long slit
• Channa dal-3 tsp
• Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder
• Pumpkin- 1/2+ 1/4 cup; cut into julienne shapes(long)
• Mustard seeds- 1/4+ 1/8 tsp
• Curry leaves- 1 stem
• Red chilli-1 long
• Asafoetida- 1/8 tsp
• Oil
• Salt as per taste

Method:

1. Soak channa dal in water for a half an hour.
2. Pressure cook the pumpkin and keep aside.
3. Whisk the sour curd and keep aside.
4. Grind the soaked channa dal, grated coconut, green chillis and cumin seeds in a fine and smooth paste.
5. Add salt & turmeric powder to the whisked curd & add the pumpkin and ground paste. Add water as required and mix evenly.
6. Cook on low flame till it rises to the brim of the vessel and then switch off the flame.
7. In a pan heat oil, and add the mustard seeds, red chilli and curry leaves and add this mixture to the kadi, when mustard seeds start spluttering, as seasoning.

Pumpkin Kadi is readyyy !!!!!