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    From Ben Collver@1:18/200 to All on Sun Oct 25 11:59:42 2026
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    Title: Wattakka (Curried Pumpkin)
    Categories: Indian, Vegetables
    Yield: 1 Batch

    450 g Pumpkin
    25 g Onion
    2 Fresh chiles
    4 cl Garlic
    50 ml Oil
    Curry leaf sprig
    1 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Black pepper
    1/4 ts Turmeric
    350 ml Thin coconut milk
    100 ml Thick coconut milk
    25 g Ground rice
    1 ts Ground mustard
    1 pn Curry powder
    1/2 ts Lime juice

    Wash the pumpkin and cut the top quarter off. Scoop out the flesh
    to within 2 cm of sides and cube. Put the shell on one side for
    using later. Slice the onion and chile and crush the garlic. Heat
    the oil and fry the onion and chile together with the curry leaves.
    When the onion is soft add the pumpkin, salt, pepper, turmeric, and
    thin coconut milk and cook until the pumpkin is done. Pour the
    thick coconut milk onto the ground rice, mustard, and garlic, and
    add to the pumpkin mixture, stirring as it thickens. Bring to the
    boil and simmer for a few minutes. Remove from heat and spoon into
    pumpkin shell. Sprinkle with the curry powder and lime juice.

    Recipe FROM: A Taste of Sri Lanka by Indra Jayasekera

    Formatted by: Carla van der Waal

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