Erissery-Onam Sadhya Festival Recipe-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Kerala, south india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take With: Rice/Roti | Type: Lunch Gravy

Ingredients

• Yellow pumpkin [Parangikkai] - 1 cup [Remove the outer skin & Cut into cubes]
• Coconut - 1 ½ cup [grated] or coconut milk - 1 ½ cup
• Green chillies - 2 nos
• Dry red chilli - 2
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Peppercorns – 6 [dry roast & grind to fine powder]
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - 1 spring
• Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
• Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation

• Add grated coconut, cumin seeds, one green chilli, dry red chilli and water in a mixer jar, grind well with 1 cup of water.
• Boil yellow pumpkin with ½ tsp salt.
• Heat coconut oil in a pan, add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add curry leaves & green chilli sauté.
• Add boiled yellow pumpkin, pepper powder, turmeric powder sauté.
• Add freshly ground coconut mixture & let it boil.
• Then cut off heat, serve hot with rice.

Note

• You can add white pumpkin, raw banana, Malabar yam also.
  

Tip

• Use coconut oil for better flavor.

How to make Kerala Erissery - Stepwise pictures

Cut yellow pumpkin in to cubes. Heat water in a pan& let it boil. Then add cubed pumpkin

Cook till soft. Once its ready then drain water

Yellow pumpkin perfectly cooked & keep it aside

For grinding:- Add grated coconut, green chilli, dry red chilli, cumin seeds in a mixer jar grind well with 1 cup of water

After grinding

Heat coconut oil in a pan, add mustard, curry leaves & green chilli saute

Add turmeric powder & salt saute gently

Add pepper powder saute

Add freshly ground coconut mixture, mix well & let it boil

Now its ready, cut off heat

Yeriseri-Kerala style-Onam sadhya recipe

Serve hot with rice