Mathanga Erissery

Pumpkin in coconut-spice sauce
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Ingredients:-
Pumpkin/Mathanga diced - 1 1/2  cup
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Grated coconut - 2 tsp(for frying)
Green chillies chopped - 4-5 
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 2 cloves (optional)
Ginger chopped - 1 tsp (optional)
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Small onion / shallots chopped - 3-4
Salt to taste
dried red chillies 
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Oil 


To make Mathanga Erissery
Cook diced mathanga with  salt, adding 1 cup of water ,until cooked through.Mash it well using a spoon
Grind 1 cup of grated coconut,green chillies, 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder,garlic (optional) and cumin seeds to a paste
Heat oil in a cooking vessel and add mustard seeds.when they pop up add dried red chillies, chopped shallots and Curry leaves and sauté it for a minute
Stir in the mashed mathanga/Pumpkin and combine it well
Add the coconut paste and mix thoroughly with mathanga .
Heat a tsp of oil in a pan and fry chopped ginger(optional) and 2 tsp of grated coconut.Fry till they turn brown.be sure not to burn it.
Pour this over the erissery and serve warm...
Recipe courtsey - MY mom
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