Pumpkin Erissery

• Rinse soak black eyed peas in water and add them to a pressure cooker and bring them to boil for three to four whistles
  
• Peel off the Yellow pumpkin skin,wash them and chop them into small cubes as shown in the picture
  
• Heat a pan then add some water and bring them to boil,when water gets boiled,then add the chopped pumpkin slices with them
  
• Add enough salt for them and stir well then brings to boil for few minutes
  
• Then add a pinch of turmeric powder for them,which acts as anti oxidants and gives a color for this recipe
  
• After few minutes add needed red chilly powder with them and stir well for few seconds and brings to boil
  
• When the pumpkin gets boiled and the added water is little dried,now add the pressure cooked black eyed peas with them and stir well
  
• When the vegetable and the peas are mixed together and the pumpkin comes to little mushy and now add the grated coconut with them, and stir well
  
• Heat a tempering pan,add little oil with them and add some mustard seeds and two dried red chilies with them
  
• Then add fine chopped onions slices with them and saute well for few seconds till it gets transparent
  
• Then add the tempered onion mixture over the prepared pumpkin and black eyed peas mixture
  
• Mix them well and serve hot with hot plain or steamed rice,with tasty sambar or rasam recipes.