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Prep Time10 Mins
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Cook Time25 Mins
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Serving4
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Ready In35 Mins
Mathanga Erissery is a typical Kerala Onam sadya recipe or during a festival or wedding. It is a mild and tempered curry with light sweet tones made with pumpkin, cowpeas & coconut. Mathanga Erissery Recipe is also known as Elissery in some parts of Kerala. It has a beautiful balance of sweet and savory all in one dish.
Pumpkin is a low-calorie, low-fat food. It is rich in potassium, a nutrient that helps maintain blood pressure and kidney function. Pumpkin also has high fiber content. It tastes best with steamed rice. You can also serve it along with Sambar and rice. Checkout our other Onam recipes here.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
For Grinding
For Tempering
Directions
Not only for Sadya, you can include this curry in your everyday meal. If you are a chicken lover try this delicious Erissery with spicy chicken masala. Trust me it would taste Divine :)
Soak red cowpea or payar for 3 hours, drain it and add it to pressure cooker.
Add red chilly powder and turmeric powder. Then add enough water to cover the payar/cowpea.
Pressure cook the payar/cow pea for 3 whistles in low flame. Immediately release the pressure otherwise it would be over cooked.
Now its time to add the yellow pumpkin or mathanga. Again pressure cook for 1 whistle for the pumpkin to cook.
Grind 3/4 cup grated coconut, cumin seeds and small onions with little water to a coarse smooth paste. The paste should not be watery.
Add the coconut paste to the cooked mathanga, mix well and cook on low flame for 5-7 mins.
Add salt to taste. If your Erissery is too thick you can add a little water to thin it out and cook for another minute.
Heat a pan, add one tablespoon of coconut oil and roast 1/4 cup of grated coconut until it turns brown. Then remove it from the pan and add it to the Erissery.
Heat the pan again and pour the remaining coconut oil and pop the mustard seeds, fry dried red chilies and curry leaves. Then add it to the Erissery and mix it well.
Serve with hot Kerala Red Rice and papadam. Enjoy!
Conclusion
You can make Erissery using Yam and Raw Banana. Dont forget to soak the cowpea for 3 hours.
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