Kaddu Ka Raitha (Pumpkin raitha) - Navrathri special recipe

"Kaddu" means pumpkin ,and raitha is a dish made up of curd just like our salad.

This is also a special recipe for "Navrathri ".

Ingredients For Kaddu Ka Raitha

1.Kaddu (Pumpkin) - 1 cup

2.Green chilly - 3 to 5

3.Curd - 2 cup

4.Cumin seeds (jeera or jeerakam ) - 1 tsp

5.Salt or use black salt

6.Coriander leaves optional

7.Oil or Ghee - 1 tsp

Preparation of Kaddu Ka Raitha

1.Chop the pumpkin in to fine pieces.

2.Heat the ghee or oil and splutter cumin seeds in it.Then add green chillies and pumpkin pieces to it and saute it well.

3.When the pumpkin become cooked well turn off the fire and add salt to it.

4.Allow it to cool and then add the curd to it ,mix it well and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Serve it chilled ...........This will add more taste to it.

Karmani Sundal (Black eyed beans Sundal)- Navrathri Special recipe

Ingredients

1.Black eyed beans (Karamani /Perum payar ) - 1 cup
2.Grated coconut - 3 tsp
3.Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
4.Red chilly - 2 no
5.Curry leaves
6.Urad dal /Split black gram - 2 tsp
7.Oil - 2 tsp
8.Salt as needed
9.Hing/Kayam - a pinch

Preparation of karamani Sundal

1.Wash the beans well and then pressure cook the beans for 2 whistle.Do not over cook the beans.

2.Heat the oil and splutter the mustard seeds then add urad dal,red chilly ,and curry leaves to it.Add hing to it .When the urad dal becomes golden in color add the cooked black eyed beans to it.

3.And then add the grated coconut and salt to it. Cook it for 4 another mts and then serve it as hot