Easy lunch recipes / pumpkin curry and cluster beans stir fry
Pumpkin curry and cluster beans upperi or stir fry is a simple and delicious lunch recipes. Goes well with rice. Pumpkin curry is a gravy type with tangy taste and cluster beans upperi is a dry dish. Both are from Kerala Cuisine. When we are in a hurry, we can try this recipe. It takes only 20 - 30 minutes for preparing both recipes.
FOR PUMPKIN CURRY:-
* Pumpkin - 1 cup
* Tomato - 1
* Chilly powder - 1 Tsp
* Sambar powder - 1 Tsp
* Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
* Salt - to taste
* Tamarind - gooseberry sized
* Grated coconut - 3 Tbsp
* Asafoetida powder - 1/2 Tsp
* Jaggery powder - 1/2 Tsp
* Oil - 1 Tbsp
* Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tsp
* Curry leaves - 1 sprig
* Dried chilly - 2
METHOD :-
* Put a khadai or earthen pot on the stove, add pumpkin pieces, salt, turmeric powder along with enough water to cook well.
*When the pumpkin is cooked well, add sambar powder, chilly powder and tomato pieces.
* Let it boil for 2 minutes. Add tamarind paste.
* Boil till the raw taste of tamarind is completely gone.
* Put a mixer jar add grated coconut, grind this to a fine paste by adding enough water.
* Add this to the pumpkin mix. Boil for 2 minutes.
* Turn off the flame and add jaggery and mix well.
* Put a pan on the stove add oil when it becomes hot add Mustard seeds when it pops up add dried chilly and curry leaves
* Turn off the flame, add this to the curry along with asafoetida powder.close the lid for 2 minutes.
*Tasty pumpkin curry is ready to serve.
FOR CLUSTER BEANS UPPERI :-
* Cluster beans - 250 gm
* Shallots - 13
* Garlic - 3
* Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
* Chilly powder - 1 1/2 Tsp
* Oil - 1 1/2 Tbsn
* Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tsp
* Dried chilly - 1
* Curry leaves - 1 sprig
METHOD :-
* Clean the cluster beans and cut into medium sized pieces like this.
* Just boil the cluster beans pieces, then strain it.
* Put this to the pressure cooker, add salt and turmeric powder.
* Cook for 2 whistles.
* Put a pan on the stove add oil when it becomes hot add Mustard seeds when it pops up add dried chilly, garlic pieces and shallots pieces.
* Saute it till it becomes golden brown colour.
* Turn the flame low then add chilly powder and curry leaves.
* To this add cooked cluster beans and mix well.
* Turn off the flame.
* Tasty cluster beans upperi is ready to serve.
Enjoy!!!!
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