Old Traditional Pumpkin Dappalam (Gummadikaya Dappalam)

Ingredients (22)

• ·piece Pumpkin
• ·Brinjal
• ·Cluster beans
• ·Tomato
• ·Drumstick
• ·Yam
• ·Onion
• ·Green chillies
• ·litre Water
• ·Salt
• ·Red chilli powder
• ·Turmeric
• ·Jaggery
• ·Tamarind pulp
• ·spoons Gram flour (besan)
• ·Dry red chillies
• ·Garlic
• ·Mustard seeds
• ·Urad dal
• ·Cumin seeds
• ·Asafoetida
• ·Curry leaves

1. 1

   Cut the tender, fresh pumpkin into equal-sized pieces.

2. 2

   Add the pumpkin pieces to a pressure cooker along with brinjal, cluster beans, tomato, drumstick, yam, onion, and green chillies.

3. 3

   Pour about 1 litre of water into the cooker.

4. 4

   Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, jaggery, and tamarind pulp.

5. 5

   Mix everything well, close the lid, and cook for just one whistle.

6. 6

   Mix 2 spoons of gram flour (besan) with water and add it to the curry to thicken it.

7. 7

   Prepare a tempering with dry red chillies, garlic, mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, asafoetida, and curry leaves.

8. 8

   Pour the tempering over the curry.

9. 9

   Serve hot with steaming rice and a side of plain mudda pappu (thick dal), and a green chilli on the side.