Mathanga curry/Pumpkin curry

Ingredients:
Mathanga/pumpkin  – 2 cups
Grated coconut   – 1 cup
Green chillies  – 2 nos
Oil as needed
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Kadala parippu/ chana dal – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal  – 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida  – a pinch
Curry leaves  – few
Salt

Directions:
Cut pumpkin into small cubes. Heat oil in a pan,  splutter mustard seeds. Add asafoetida, kadalaparippu, urad dal, saute till brown. Add mathanga, sprinkle little water, salt  and cook it. Grind coconut and green chillies in a mixie just one or two whips. When the pumpkin pieces are cooked, add curry leaves, ground coconut and green chilli mixture. After 5 minutes switch off the stove.