Sweet n Sour Pumpkin

Sweeet n Sour Pumpkin - Vidya Pai
INGREDIENTS:-

Yellow Pumpkin - 400gm
Raw mango (Chopped) - 2.5 tbls
Sugar - 2.5 tbsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Green Chillies- 2
Ginger - 1/2 tsp
Mint leaves - 6 (optional)
Salt - 1 tsp

Tempering-

Cloves -1
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
whole red chilies-2
Oil - 3 tblsp

PROCEDURE:

Wash and chop the pumpkin (traditionally, green skinned pumpkin is not peeled, only yellow skinned pumpkin is peeled.but its okay if you'd like to peel the green pumpkin too. Nobody gets hurt. ).
Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add mustard seeds, fenugreek, cloves and fennel seeds, and when they start crackling add asafoetida,whole red chilies and chopped green chillies.
Now add chopped pumpkin, ginger, chopped raw mango and all the spices EXCEPT sugar.
Mix well and add 3/4 cup water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Then open the cooker and add sugar and mint leaves and cover and cook for 5 minutes on low heat.
Garnish with fresh coriander.

Note-
1-If you don't have raw mango then add 1.5 tsp mango powder at the end of cooking.
2-If you want to make it as a dry preparation then add just 1/3 cup water.