Wattakka (Curried Pumpkin)

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Wattakka (Curried Pumpkin) Ingredients

450 g Pumpkin	1/4 ts Turmeric
25 g Onion	350 ml Thin coconut milk
2 Fresh chillies	100 ml Thick coconut milk
4 Cloves garlic	25 g Ground rice
50 ml Oil	1 ts Ground mustard
1 ts Salt	1/2 ts Lime juice
1/4 ts Black pepper

Instructions for Wattakka (Curried Pumpkin)

Wash the pumpkin and cut the top quarter off. Scoop out the flesh to within 2 cm of sides and cube. Put the shell on one side for using later. Slice the onion and chilli and crush the garlic. Heat the oil and fry the onion and chilli together with the curry leaves. When the onion is soft add the pumpkin, salt, pepper, turmeric and thin coconut milk and cook until the pumpkin is done. Pour the thick coconut milk onto the ground rice, mustard and garlic and add to the pumpkin mixture, stirring as it thickens. Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes. Remove from heat and spoon into pump- kin shell. Sprinkle with the curry powder and lime juice. This recipe is from "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera. ISBN # 962 224 010 0 Copied by Carla van der Waal

Main Ingredient: PumpkinCuisine: Uncategorized

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