Pumpkin Curry - Gummadikaya Koora Andhra Style
Discover easy to make Andhra Gummadikaya Koora (Pumpkin curry) recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Pumpkin Finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Salt as per taste
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 inch Ginger
- 5 Green chillies
- 1 tbsp Coriander Finely chopped
Instructions
- Wash the pumpkin and peel the skin. Use the knife to remove the skin as pumpkin skin is hard to peel with a peeler.
- Finely chop the pumpkin and keep aside.
- Take a thick bottomed pan. Heat oil in it.
- Once the oil is hot, add the cumin and mustard seeds and let them splutter.
- Add turmeric to the oil.
- Now add the pumpkin pieces and stir well.
- In the meanwhile make a coarse paste of the green chillies and ginger by adding required amount of salt to it. Keep aside.
- Cook till the pumpkin becomes soft. Do not cover with a lid as pumpkin oozes lot of water. We are not making a gravy curry. So make sure not to cover with a lid.
- We do not add salt also while the pumpkin is cooked as it helps to release the water from the pumpkin.
- Once the pumpkin is cooked, add the green chillies and the ginger paste and mix well with a spatula.
- Add the coriander powder and stir well.
- Cover with a lid and cook for 2 mins.
- Garnish with finely chopped coriander and turn off the flame.
Notes
* If you do not like the taste of ginger and green chilli paste, substitute it with red chilli powder and a teaspoon of dry mango powder. It tastes equally delicious.
** Try substituting ginger with few pods of garlic when you cook it next time.
*** The base curry is the same but adding your unique flavour to the curry will definitely help you find which taste suits you the best.