Erissery 2

Requisites:-


Pumpkin-2 cups
Red Beans/Vanpayar-1/2 cup
Turmeric-1/4 tspn
Green chillies split open-3
Salt to taste


Coconut-1 cup
Shallots-4
Cumin seeds-1/4 tspn


Oil-1 tblspn
Mustard seeds-1/4 tspn
Curry leaves-a sprig


Directions:-

• Soak the red beans in water over night or at least for 3 hrs.
• Pressure cook the beans, Pumpkin, turmeric, chillies, salt for two whistles.
• Let the pumpkin get mashed.
• Meanwhile grind the coconut with shallots and cumin coarsely.
• Add this to the beans- pumpkin mixture and boil.
• Take a small wok and splutter mustard seeds in hot oil. Add curry leaves.
• Now pour this into the curry.
• Done.
• Serve hot with rice. And as a side dish for Kerala Sadya.
• You can also add Roasted coconut to this curry which gives a different flavor. But the former is the authentic one.

Enjoy your meal:)