Mathanga Erissery | Kerala Pumpkin Erissery Recipe is gluten free and Indian vegan. This dish is also known as Elisseri in some parts of Kerala.
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Ingredients
- Yellow Pumpkin - 1 cup + 1/2 cup diced 175 grams
- Red beans /red chori / azuki beans/ black-eyed beans: 1/4 cup or 50 grams
- Chili powder - 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder - pinch
- Salt - as needed
- To grind:
- Coconut - 1/4 cup
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Green chili - 1
- To temper:
- Coconut oil - 1/2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Dry red chili - 1
- small onion - 5 roughly chopped
- Coconut - 3 tbsp
Instructions
- Soak red beans overnight
- Rinse the bean well for 3 or 4 times and add the rinsed bean around the edges the pressure cooker
- In a small separator add pumpkin, turmeric powder, chili powder, and salt. Keep the separator in the middle. No need to add water for the pumpkin. Cover the separator with a plate
- Add 3/4 cup or 150 grams of water around the cooker and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. After the pressure settles down open the cooker
- Discard the bean cooked water and rinse the bean well in tap water
- In a mixie jar add coconut, cumin seeds, green chili, and very little water; ground the mixture
- Take the pressure cooker to add beans, cooked pumpkin and ground mixture (add water if required based on the consistency you desire the erissery)
- Cook for 3-5 minutes and switch off
- In a small pan add oil and when oil is hot add mustard seeds and let it splutter
- Add red chili, curry leaves and saute
- Put on onion and cook till onions are translucent
- Finally coconut and cool they turn golden brown
- Transfer the tempering to the erissery and mix well
- For making pumpkin erissery in instant pot / IP
- Add soaked beans around the edges of the instant pot vessel
- In a small separator add pumpkin, turmeric powder, chili powder, and salt. Keep the separator in the middle. Cover the separator with a plate
- Add 3/4 cup or 150 grams of water around the instant cooker and cook it in the bean mode. Let the pressure settle down naturally
- Follow the rest of the steps similarly and make erissery
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Notes
- If you prefer erissery do be on the sweeter side add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
- Erissery can be made using Yam, Raw Banana, Raw Papaya, Jackfruit
- Prepare erissery with coconut oil for an authentic taste
- Adjust the consistency according to your desired taste
- By mistake, if you add extra water while cooking erissery. Mix 1/2 of rice flour with emissary cooked water
- If you prefer form Pumpkin in erissery then pumpkins can be cooked in stovetop or one whistle in a separately
- Make sure you roast the coconut till they are golden brown and turns crispy
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