Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe - No Oil

Nithya Anantham

September 6, 2024

4504 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 15 M|Total: 25 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Dinner

Cuisine:Sri Lankan

Sri Lankan cuisine is quite similar to the Kerala cuisine, with the generous use of coconut. The curries are very mild and easy on the tummy. The Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe (Zero Oil), is a delicious, coconut curry made using the pumpkins. The curry is cooked with no oil, and few spices making it a healthier choice.

The addition of mustard and garlic paste gives it a very distinctive flavour, which amalgamates pretty well with the mild coconut milk. Serve the Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe along with Steamed Rice, salad and roasted crackers for a healthy weeknight dinner.

Serve Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe along with Steamed Rice, Sri Lankan Style Sambol and Elai Vadam for a weekday meal.

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Serve Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe along with Steamed Rice, Sri Lankan Style Sambol and Elai Vadam for a weekday meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Pumpkin Recipes such as

Ingredients

To grind to a smooth paste

500 Kaddu (Parangikai/ Pumpkin), cut into medium chunks

8 Shallots, finely sliced

1 Green Chilli, slit

1 Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)

1 Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)

1 Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1 Black pepper powder

1/2 Red Chilli powder

1/2 Sugar

1 Coconut milk

Salt, to taste

5 Garlic

2 Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)

Instructions for Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe - No Oil

To begin making Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe, wash, de-seed and cut the yellow pumpkin along with the skin to medium square pieces and keep aside.

Make a coarse paste of the garlic and mustard seeds using a mortar and pestle and keep aside.

Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add the pumpkin squares, sliced shallots, slit green chilli, cinnamon stick, fenugreek seeds, turmeric powder, pepper powder, red chilli powder, sugar and a cup of water.

Season with salt and simmer until the pumpkin is half cooked, occasionally stirring in between. This will take around 8 minutes.

Now, add the coarse garlic, mustard mix and cook until the pumpkin is well cooked yet firm. Add the coconut milk and bring it to a rolling boil and switch off the flame.

Serve Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry Recipe along with Steamed Rice, Sri Lankan Style Sambol and Elai Vadam for a weekday meal.