Pumpkin Kootu | Parangikai Kootu | Yellow Pumpkin Kootu (Stew)

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Pumpkin Kootu is made using Yellow Pumpkin (Parangikai), Moong dal & ground coconut. The nice aroma and flavor of Pumpkin with coconut, cumin ground paste is very appetizing and tasteful. Pumpkin is one of the widely grown vegetables that is incredibly rich in vital antioxidants, and vitamins. This low-calorie vegetable contains vitamin A and also rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. Pumpkin added in vathakuzhambu, sambar brings a nice aroma and flavor to the dishes. Same way, Pumpkin Kootu (Parangikai Kootu) are very delicious and can be served as side dish for sambar or other kuzhambu varieties. We can also mix this yummy stew with white rice and have it.

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Variations that you can make while making Pumpkin Kootu

You can ignore the dal and make the stew only with Coconut-Jeera- Red Chili Paste
Spice it Up – Instead of plain Coconut Jeera paste, you can fry the chana dal, coriander seeds & Red Chili in a teaspoon of oil and then add with Coconut -Jeera, to give additional flavor and taste
Some people add the Tomato puree to the Stew. If you like Tomato, then you can add it while adding the pumpkin.

If you like this Pumpkin Kootu, then you can also try other Pumpkin Recipes

Mathanga Erissery | Kerala Pumpkin Curry Recipe - Mathanga Erissery, a traditional curry made with yellow pumpkin, coconut and spices. Mathanga is yellow pumpkin in Malayalam. Cooked pumpkin is concocted with coconut spice paste and tempered with mustard and coconut in coconut oil.
White Pumpkin Kootu Recipe - Poosanikai kootu, a delicious thick stew made with white pumpkin, coconut-spice paste, cooked moong dal along with simple coconut oil based tempering. This Kootu is served as an accompaniment for any South Indian Main Courses like Sambar, Rasam or any Kuzhambu variety.
Yellow Pumpkin Thogayal - Parangikkai Thogayal is a chutney made using spices and Parangikkai. We mix the thogayal with hot rice smeared with ghee (or sesame oil). We can also use this as an accompaniment to Idli / Dosa.

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Instructions with step by step pictures :

Chop the skin of the pumpkin and chop it into rough pieces Cook moong dhal along with pumpkin, salt and turmeric powder in pressure cooker till soft. Generally pumpkin get easily cooked on stove top itself. So we could just cook the dal alone in pressure cooker. Anyhow for stew if the vegetable gets mashed up also no issues.

Grind all the grinding ingredients to a nice powder or paste. Heat a pan and add oil and when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add curry leaves and add cooked dal and pumpkin and mix well.