Sadya

Mathanga curry

Pumpkin in coconut gravy — a sweet, everyday Kerala vegetable curry.

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Mathanga curry cooks yellow pumpkin with coconut, chilli, and cumin until the pieces soften into a mildly sweet gravy. It is a home lunch curry and a simpler pumpkin plate than erissery, which adds cowpeas and roasted coconut.

Course Main / feast

Region Statewide

Typically with Rice, sadya

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