Pepper Pumpkin Burger

Ingredients:

Jalapeno Peppers - 4

Red Pumpkin - 1 bowl cubed

Burger Buns - 4

Turmeric, Salt, Asafoetida, Chilly Powder, Urad Dal & Mustard, Regular Oil

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Boil the cubed Red Pumpkin after adding salt & turmeric. Let it boil till it is easy to mash. Then drain the water and keep aside. While cutting the Jalapeno peppers ensure that the seeds are removed since the seeds are very pungent.

In a Kadai pour 3 teaspoons of oil. Add the asafoetida, mustard, Urad dal and turmeric power. When the mustard splutters add the cut Jalapeno peppers. Keep frying till the peppers are glazed. Then add the red pumpkin and sprinkle with water. Add the chilly powder (One can use the sambar powder to get a different taste as well). When pepper and pumpkin have mixed well, toast the buns and add the vegetables to make the pepper pumpkin burgers.

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Kadamba Dal

Ingredients:

Kidney Beans - 1 table spoon
Whole Urad Dal - 3 table spoons
Moong Dal - 3 table spoons
Onion - 1 small

Ginger, Turmeric, Salt, Jeera, Asafoetida, Urad Dal & Mustard, Regular Oil,Green Chillies Curry Leaves
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Method:

Soak the kidney beans and the dal in water the previous night. In the morning boil all the three together in the pressure cooker adding a little bit of turmeric and required amount of salt

In kadai pour 2 teaspoons of oil. Add the mustard, Urad dal, Asafoetida, Green Chillies, Curry leaves and Ginger. Once the mustard splutters add finely chopped onion. Keep frying till the onion turns golden brown.

Then add the boiled mixture of the three dals and a cup of water. Let it boil and mix well. Serve hot with Chapathi or Rice
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