Mambhazha Kootan

Ingredients:

• Mangalore cucumber or white pumpkin - 1/4 kg
• Ripe Mangoes - 2
• Green chillies - 4
• Red chillies - 3
• Fenugreek / Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Sour curd - 1 cup
• Jaggery - to taste
• Salt - to taste
• Coconut - 1 small
• Curry leaves - a few
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

• Cut pumpkin / cucumber into 1" cubes. Cook them with water, turmeric powder and salt.
• When they are well cooked, add beaten curd.
• Roast fenugreek seeds and 2 red chillies with very little oil. Add grated coconut and green chillies. Grind this mixture with a little water into a fine paste.
• Add the ground paste to the pumpkin and curd.
• Extract mango pulp. Add this along with jaggery to the pumpkin.
• In a thick pan, add oil, mustard seeds, a few fenugreek seeds and red chilli. When they splutter, add curry leaves.
• Pour this seasoning into the pumpkin, curd mixture.
• Serve with rice, dosa or adai.