Pumpkin Leaves Thoran / Mathanga Leaves Thoran

Ingrediants:
1 bunch of Pumpkin Leaves (Mathanga Leaves)
Onions-1 sliced
Green chilies- 4 or 5 chopped
Turmeric- ¼ tsp
Garlic- 2 cloves
Curry leaves-1 strip
Coconut- ½ cup.
Salt to taste
Mustard Seeds-1tsp
Oil- 1 tbsp

Preparation:

1. Soak the Pumpkin Leaves in water for 5-10 minutes to get rid of the sand. Wash it well under running water. Let it drain thoroughly.Remove the small small thorns like how we remove the skine of drumsticks.and rube using your both hands in order to become it soft.Now choppe like we do the spinach thoran.
2. Execpt oil and mustard seeds mix all together using your hand.
3. Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. When they splutterand add the Pumpkin Leaves mix .
Let it cook covered on medium flame for 5-10 mins till all the water evaporates. Serve with rice.

Mathanga(Pumpkin) Pachadi

Ingredients:

· Chopped Pumpkin – 350grm
· Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
· Green chillies(roundly cut) - 3 nos
· Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp
· Curd -1 cup
· Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
· Red chilly - 2 nos
· Water - ¼ cup
· Curry leaves - A few
· Salt - to taste
· Oil -2 tsp

Preparation Method:
· Cook Chopped Pumpkin in water along with salt .Mash half part of the cooked Pumpkin with a spoon. Rest keep as it is.
· Grind the coconut and Green Chilly to a fine paste.
· Add this paste to the cooked Pumpkin .
· Add Curd to the mixture and stir well.
· Heat Oil in a Pan.
· Add Mustrard seeds allow to Splutter.Now add Curry leaves,2 tsp of grated cocunut and Red chillies into it.Fry them untile the coconut change its colour to brown.
· Add this to pachadi and mix well .


· Combination: Serve with Rice.