parangikkai poriyal or pumpkin poriyal or butter squash poriyal

parangikkai poriyal

Pumpkin is one of the widely vegetables that is incredibly rich in vital antioxidants and vitamins.pumpkins are great for ur health and can offer some incredible benefits.it is one of the very low calorie vegetable.pumpkin seeds indeed are an excellent source of dietary fibre .pumpkin can be used in variety of delicious recipes.in Indian where it popular as kaddu used in the preparation of sabize,sweet dishes,dessert,soups,curries,sambar,poriyal etc.. Roasted pumpkin seed [peptia]can be eaten as snack.

kaddu-hindi

buttersquash or pumpkin-english

kumbala kayi-kannada

maththanga-malayalam

parangikkai-tamil

gummadi kaya – telugu.

INGREDIENTS FOR PUMPKIN PORIYAL

Oil-2tsp

Mustard seed-1/2tsp

urad dal-1/2tsp

Red chilli-1

Coconut -2tsp

Curry leaves

Coriander leaves

Salt as need

Asafoetida-1tsp

turmeric powder-1/4tsp

FOR PREPARATION

1. Cut the pumpkin into cubes.

METHOD

1.In a bowl,boil one and half cups of water,add pumpkin cubes,add turmeric powder and enough salt.

2.Cook for 10-15 mintues[upto pumpkin mashed],keep aside.

3.In a pan ,put the oil and when it is hot add mustard ,urad ,asafoetida let its splutter add curry leaves,red chilli fry for few minutes,add the boiled pumpkin let it get cooked for two min,then sprinkle granted coconut.switch off stove.

4.Now parangikkai poriyal is ready to serve with hot rice,sambar,rasam.

if u want more poriyal recipes,keerai poriyal,valakai kara poriyal,mushroom poriyal.

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