Pumpkin with yogurt or Raita

Ingredients

• Small Pumpkin  or 1 cup grated pumpkin 
• 3 tbsp Groundnuts grinded to a powder
• 2 tbsp Plain yogurt or Dahi
• 1 tsp roasted jeera or cumin seeds
• 1/4th tsp Asafoetida or hing
• 2-3 Green chilies
• 1/2 tsp ghee or butter
• Fresh coriander
• Sugar and salt to taste

Method

• Peel the skin of pumpkin & remove the seed and grate.
• Heat the ghee in a pan and add jeera, asafoetida and chopped chillies to it.
• Then add the grated pumpkin to it.
• Close the pan with a lid and let the pumpkin cook.
• It will take about 8-10 minutes.
• Then take it off and let it cool.
• Add the groundnut powder and Dahi to this. Also add salt and sugar to taste.
• Finally garnish it with chopped coriander.

Makes a tasty dish to have with roti or paratha.