🌱The pumpkin is a very popular vegetable crop with high nutritional value among Sri Lankans.
🌱This Belongs to Cucurbitaceae family. It can be taken as a delicious curry as well as to prepare various dishes.
🌱A special feature of this crop is that more income can be obtained at a low cost and the ripe pumpkin can be stored successfully for a long time.
🌱Even though some don't know the nutrition value of the pumpkin it is widely popular in sri lanka.
🌱Most of people eating pumpkin but you may not know that pumpkin leaves and stalks are rich in nutrients.
🌱So today I will explain to you about this very valuable pumpkin dalu curry / pumpkin leaves curry.
🌱Pumpkin seeds and leaves provide all Omega 6 fatty acids / protein / carbohydrates / fat etc.
🌱Similarly, these pumpkin leaves are rich in vitamins A. It also contains some vitamins C.
🌱It also makes digestion easier as it contains significant amounts of nutrients.
🌱After eating pumpkin leaves, it reduces the amount of sugar absorbed by the body.
🌱Therefore, pumpkin seeds are very beneficial for diabetic patients.
🌱That is, the astringent taste of pumpkin leaves reduces sugar absorption.
🌱Because it contains vitamins A , pumpkin leaves also have anti-cancer antioxidant properties.
🌱It does not contain cholesterol or alcohol.
🌱Eliminates infertility and promotes fertility.
🌱Helps lactating mothers to express milk.
🎗️Ingredients For pumpkin leaves curry 🎗️
Bowl of pumpkin leaves
Red onion - 4
Garlic – 3 cloves
Pinch of curry leaves
2 pod of green chilly
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup of thick milk
Bit of mustard seeds
½ tsp of curry powder
Bit of turmeric powder
1/ 2 tsp chilly powder
🎗️First, clean the pumpkin leaves (you can use all the leaves and stems).
🎗️And then add red onion, garlic, green chilly, curry leaves , curry powder, turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt to season and combine all the ingredients. Set a side.
🎗️Place the medium size pan or clay pot over low medium heat and pour in the oil ( 1tbsp)
🎗️Add mustard seeds until they release their aroma 1 -2 minutes.
🎗️And then add seasoning pumpkin leaves to the tempered oil and coock 4- 5 minutes.
🎗️After add the thick milk , cover with a lid and coock it 5 – 6 minutes.
At the end you will see a very delicious pumpkin green curry which can be tasted with a rice bowl.
So, dear friends, even though many of you follow different eating patterns in different countries, if you cook a curry like this, it can be eaten without rice or eaten and this is very high nutrition curry for the vegan preferred people. 😊😊 friends lets meet again with delicious pumpkin curry in a sri lankan style ... bay bay stay healthy 🥰🥰🥰🥰