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Wattakka Curry - Sweet Pumpkin


Ingredients
 500 g Pumpkin
 1 TeaspoonSalt
 1/4 TeaspoonSaffron powder
 1/2Big red onion chopped
 2Green chillies sliced
 2Garlic bulbs chopped
 1 TeaspoonGround pepper
 1 CupWater
 1Spring curry leaves
 2 TablespoonCurry powder (slightly roasted)
 1 TablespoonChillie powder (slightly roasted)
 1 TeaspoonGround mustard
 1 CupThick coconut milk
 2 DessertspoonScraped coconut (desiccated coconut) (Slightly roasted and ground)
 1 DessertspoonRaw rice (slightly roasted and ground)

Method

Cut pumpkin into 1 1/2 inch cubes with skin on.
Place in spacious saucepan with all ingredients except for ground mustard seeds, ground rice and ground desiccated coconut.
Add the water cover and cook pumpkin till all water get absorbed.
Blend mustard seeds, desiccated coconut and grounded rice with coconut milk and add it to the pumpkin.
Simmer for a while without covering the saucepan.
Once curry get boiling remove curry from the fire.

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