Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Poosanikai Kari

Name: Poosanikai Kari
Yield: Serves 4, as a side dish
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 400 g (14 oz) chunk of pumpkin (about ¼ small one); 300 ml (10½ fl oz/1¼ cups) water; 1 green chilli, slit lengthways with seeds in; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp ground coriander; 2 tbsp oil; 100 ml (3½ fl oz/7 tbsp) coconut milk; 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped; ½ medium onion, finely chopped; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 6 fresh curry leaves; ½ tsp mustard seeds; 1 dried red chilli, broken; ¼ tsp cumin seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4
, as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

400 g (14 oz) chunk of pumpkin (about ¼ small one)
300 ml (10½

Asia
Sri Lanka
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Peel and halve the pumpkin. Remove the seeds and stringy fibres using a spoon and give it a wash. Cut it into 2.5 cm (1-inch) chunks and put them in a medium saucepan.

Add the water (to cover the p