Butternut Squash Pulusu (Stew)

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Normally pulusu(stew) is a authentic andhra dish of a vegetable like pumpkin,sweet potato or bottle gourd(loki) with tamarind based gravy n spices. It has a slight tangy n sweet flavor n excellant with rice.

This dish is cooked very often in andhra pradesh the southern state of india n people usually have this stew with rice that is served with a topping of ghee(clarified butter) and accompanied with plain toor dal(known as mudda pappu in telugu).

Ingredients:
  • 3 cups diced butternut squash (1 inch chucks)
  • 1 cup diced onions
  • 1/2 cups diced tomatos
  • 1/2 conentrated tamarind pulp in 1/2 cup warm water
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp rice flour
  • salt to taste
For tempering
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/8 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 3 green chilli
  • pinch of hing
  • 1 spring curry leaves
Cooking Procedure

Wash n peel the butternut squash n cut them to large 1 inch chucks n keep aside

Dissolve 2 tbsp of rice flour in 1 cup water n keep aside.

Pressure cook the butternut squash,onion,turmeric with 3 cups water for one whistle n off the stove n let it cool.

Open the cooker n on medium flame add tomotoes, tamarind pulp,sugar n salt n let it cook till tomato becomes lightly soft,now add the rice flour water n check the consistency n can also add little water if required n cook for another 3 minutes.It will thicken slowly.

Prepare the tempering heat 1 tsp oil,then add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds n hing once mustard start splutter add the curry leaves n green chillis n stir for 30 seconds n add this tempering to the cooker n let it boil for 1 minute.Your pulusu is ready.

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