Wednesday, 22 April 2015

PUMPKIN RAITA / KUMBALAKAYI HASHI / KUMBALAKAYI MOSARU BAJJI

Mosaru bajji or Hashi is a main course dish made of a mixture of curd and vegetable, either raw or cooked.
 The Hashi or Raita of Karnataka is one of the main dishes served in a meal. It is different from the raita of North India as it is not an accompaniment to a dish like pulao or fried rice but a main dish which is mixed with steamed rice and eaten after eating sambar and rice in a typical daily meal.
A typical household meal of North Kanara district in karnataka consists of Anna(steamed rice), Huli (sambar), Palle (cooked vegetables), Gojju(chutney), Hashi and Tambuli ( a thin cold soup of curd with spices).
On special occasions like festivals and marriages the meal becomes more elaborate with kosambri (salads) , chitranna( spiced rice),happala, sandige sweets and payasa.(  sweet porridge)

I would like to mention here that the women of this region are very innovative and can cook up a Gojju, Hashi or Tumbuli from any vegetable , vegetable peel or leaves of plants which are grown in their Tota (farm ) and keep you guessing what its made of. :)

Here I have used Green pumpkin for making the raita.

 
INGREDIENTS

1 cup chopped pumpkin
2tsp fresh grated coconut
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 green chilli
a pinch of hing/asafoetida
1 cup fresh curd/yogurt


METHOD

  • Boil the pumpkin till soft and set aside to cool.

  • Grind together coconut, mustard, hing and green chilli to a fine paste.

  • Add the cooked pumpkin and blend coarsely.
  •  Mix beaten curd to the pumpkin mixture.
  • Heat a teaspoon of oil  and add mustard, udad dal and dry red chillies pieces, a pinch of hing and temper the raita.



  • The pumpkin can also be finely chopped or grated and cooked and mixed without grinding.                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                     



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