Kodha Nu Rasawalu Shaak / No Onion No Garlic Easy Pumpkin Curry

Kodha Nu Rasawalu Shaak / No Onion No Garlic Easy Pumpkin Curry is a very easy and quick to make dish cooked with a tempering made with mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. The flavors from curry leaves and seeds combines well with pumpkin and make the dish very tasty and delicious. Made with minimum spices, this gluten free and vegan curry does not use any onions or garlic in it. The curry goes well with chawal (rice ) roti, or wheat roti or puri or bhakri.

Course curry, dinner, gluten free, lunch, lunchbox, Main Dish

Cuisine Gujarati, Indian

Keyword curry leaves, dinner, fenugreek seeds, gluten free, lunch, lunchbox, mustardseeds, pumpkin, quickandeasy, rasawalashaak, simple, vegan

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Servings people

Calories 112kcal

Equipment

pressure cooker or a heavy bottom pan
spoon
spatula

Ingredients

2 tbsp oil
2 cup pumpkin cut into big cube, I had used the butter nut pumpkin
1/2 tsp mustard seeds rai
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds methi dana
1/4 tsp asafoetida hing
1/2 tsp turmeric powder haldi
1 tsp ginger chili paste
1 tsp red chili powder
2 tsp coriander cumin powder dhania jeera powder
10 curry leaves
salt to taste
1/4 cup water

Instructions

Heat oil in pressure cooker pan or a heavy bottom pan. Add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
Once the seeds crackle , add asafoetida, curry leaves and ginger chili paste. Saute.
Add turmeric powder and mix well.
Add the cubed pumpkin, red chili powder, coriander cumin powder and salt.
Mix well till the spices are coated well. Add water. Mix.
Put the pressure cooker lid on and cook just till the pressure is filled in the cooker and just about the whistle to blow . (It will take around 7-8 minutes). Do not let the whistle to blow. Immediately remove the pressure cooker from the heat. (SInce the pumpkin does not take the time to cook it will cook immediately.The pumpkin will become mushy so do not let the pressure cooker whistle to blow). If cooking in an open pan, then cover the lid and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes or till the pumpkin is cooked. Let the pressure cooker cook by itself and then open the lid. Gently mix the curry.
Remove in a serving bowl and serve hot with chawal roti, wheat roti or bhakri , puri or paratha.

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