Yellow Pumpkin and Drumstick Curry

                    

                            Yellow Pumpkin and Drumstick Curry 

Ingredients

 

Yellow Pumpkin                                                                                           1/4 cup
Drumstick                                                                                                       1  
Toor Dal                                                                                                      1/4 cup                                                                                    
Shallots                                                                                                         6 to 8                                                                                                      
Tomato                                                                                                           1
Red Chilli powder                                                                                      3/4 tbsp
Turmeric powder                                                                                           1tsp                                                             
Tamarind                                                                                                 a lemon size
Mustard seeds                                                                                               1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds                                                                                           1 tsp
Coconut Oil                                                                                                  2 tbsp
Water                                                                                                           2 cups
Salt                                                                                                              To taste
Curry Leaves                                                                                               1 sprig

Preparation

Pressure cook the Dal (sambar dal ) for 3 whistles and smash it well.                                                       Add the drumstick and Pumpkin pieces to the Dal and add 2 cups of water, salt, turmeric powder, tomato (cut into pieces) mix well and allow it to boil till the vegetables are cooked.

Take 4 shallots (small onions) and Red chilli powder , grind it to make a paste. Now when the vegetables are cooked, add onion - chilli paste to it and allow it to boil for few minutes till the raw smell goes.
When it is ready, add tamarind extract and allow it to boil 5 more minutes. You can take it from the flame seasoning it with Curry leaves.

Atlast heat the oil, add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds. when it splutters add the balance shallots (cut into small pieces) ,saute it well till it turns golden brown. Add this to the curry for Seasoning.

Instead of Yellow Pumpkin you can use white pumpkin but this tastes different and its an easy recipe without coconut :-P