Gummadikaya Pulusu

Ingredients

• • Red pumpkin - ¼ kg
• • Sweet potato - 1
• • Oil (for seasoning) - as required
• • Salt - as required
• • Tamarind (soaked & extracted) - lime size
• • Jaggery - 1 teaspoon
• • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Pepper - ¼ teaspoon
• • Asafoetidas - a pinch
• • Red chillies - 8
• • Poppy seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - ¼ cup

Method

• 1. Fry "For Grinding together" spices in little oil till golden and then grind with 1 Teaspoon of poppy seeds and ¼ cup of grated fresh coconut.
• 2. Cut pumpkin and sweet potato with skin into l½ inch squares.
• 3. Cook them in enough water till soft.
• 4. Mix them together with ground paste, salt, jaggery and tamarind extract.
• 5. Cook till gravy becomes thick.
• 6. Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot with rice.