Curried Pumpkins (Labu Malu Pirni)

Ingredients

• two pounds of the fruit
• a few onions
• some dry fish (Bombay ducks)
• half a teaspoonful of turmeric
• half a teaspoonful of ground coriander
• half a teaspoonful of green ginger
• two green chillies cut into slices
• half a teaspoonful of table salt
• two cupfuls of clean cold water
• a cupful of thick cocoanut milk
• a spoonful of flour

Method

1. 1

   Remove the rind of the pumpkin, cut into small pieces, wash well, and put in a pan.

2. 2

   Add sliced onions, ground dry fish, turmeric, ground coriander, green ginger, sliced green chillies, salt, and cold water.

3. 3

   Mix well and boil until water evaporates.

4. 4

   Add thick cocoanut milk and flour, stirring for five minutes.

5. 5

   Let cool before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 120. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two pounds of the fruit with a table knife ; cut into small pieces ; wash well in clean cold water ; put in a pan ; add a few onions cut into thin slices, some dry fish (Bombay ducks) ground into powder, half a teaspoonful each of tur- meric, ground coriander, green ginger, and two green 286 CEYLON chillies cut into slices, half a teaspoonful of table salt, and two cupfuls of clean cold water ; mix well, and place over a slow fire. Boil till the water evaporates. Add while being boiled a cupful of thick cocoanut milk and a spoonful of flour ; keep stirring until the whole is well mixed up — for, say, five minutes. Remove pan from the fire, and let it cool a bit, and it will then be ready to be served at table. Alle Vejenjana. (Potato Curry.) Take one pound of potatoes, a few small red onions, one green chilli, half a teaspoonful of turmeric

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