Mathan molagootal

As I mentioned earlier, molagootal is a traditional dish from the Palakkad Brahmin's cuisine.Please see my molagootal recipe for more description. Here is another variation of it with pumpkin and peas with better pics:)

Ingredients:


Yellow Pumpkin - 300 gm
Green peas - a Handful
Shredded Coconut- 3 tbsp

Red chilli- 3
Jeera/cumin seeds- 1 1/2 tsp
Toor or yellow moong dhal- 1/4 tea cup.
Mustard-1/2 tsp
urad dhal- 1/4 tsp
Oil- 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Curry leaves- few

Method:
1. Wash the Pumpkin and cut into small cubes.

2. Cook the Pumpkin and the peas with turmeric and Salt.

3. Pressure cook the dhal.

4. Add the dhal to the cooked pumpkin.
5. Grind the Coconut,Red Chillies,and Cumin(jeera) together with little water.

6. Add the Grounded mixture to the pumpkin and dhal.
7. Boil it for 5 mins.
8. Temper with mustard seeds,urad dhal and curry leaves in a tsp of oil.

This is a very simple dish that tastes very good with rice. Kanimanga arachukalaki(tender mango chutney) is the best side dish for this molagootal. Please refer to the chutney's recipe here.