Mathanum Payarum (Cowpea Beans with Pumpkin)

Working on a guest post, is always a hassle for me. I don’t know why, it kinds of hits my confidence to a certain level.  When you work on your own blog, you don’t have anybody to please but when it’s a guest post, you have to ensure that the host is happy, isn’t it? My host for the day, Princy of Spicy Foood asked me for a guest post, and I literally gasped, “me?” Seriously, I am so bad at preparing vegetarian fare especially that needs to be served with rice. It’s
very rarely that my curries turn out well and I have blogged about it. Otherwise, I take quite time to reach the exact taste that my umma tries to bring. Since Princy asked, I quickly pulled out my drafts and lunged through it to see if there was any sadhya vegetarian fare that I could give. I emailed her whether the recipe for today would be fine, and she replied back saying she would take anything from me! So sweet of her…  🙂

So there I went ahead and gave her this simple yet delicious Mathanum Payarum that my umma makes. I completely go head over heels for this – don’t need rice or anything else with this! To see the recipe, please do hop on to Princy’s space here… Hope you all will like it… 🙂

Updated on March 31, 2017 with new pictures… Old picture is below… 🙂
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Mathanum Payarum (Cowpea Beans with Pumpkin) - My 8th guest post for Spicy Foood

Course Vegeterian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Author Rafeeda

Ingredients

  • 1 cup red cowpea beans soaked in water overnight
  • 500 gm pumpkin peeled and chopped into large pieces
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ¾ tsp chilli powder increase for spiciness
  • Salt to taste
  • For grinding:
  • ¼ cup grated coconut
  • 2 shallots peeled
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds
  • ¼ tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 green chillis
  • For tempering:
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds

Instructions

  • Wash the cowpea beans well and place into a pressure cooker.
  • Add the chopped pumpkin, pour water just till leveled, not too much. Add in the turmeric and red chilli powder along with salt.
  • Pressure cook for three whistles and then leave it on simmer for around 30 minutes. Switch off and allow the pressure to go by itself.
  • Meanwhile, grind all the “for grinding” ingredients till smooth.
  • Open the cooker lid, add in the ground ingredients and mix well. You will see that the pumpkin is all mashed up and coated over the cow pea beans.
  • Cook on low flame till just warm.
  • Heat up the oil in a little saucepan and splutter the mustard seeds. Pour it into mathanum payarum and mix well.
  • Serve as side for rice and any curry! I love to eat it as is…

Join the Conversation

  1. Never tasted this before .. new to me .

    1. thank u so much shobha…

  2. Just went to Princy's place and came back u are all set for Onam right!:)
    Yummy looking dish we call it mathanum payarum eriserry.

    1. normally we don't make sadyas for onam… maybe get a pack from a restaurant and have it… maybe once i want to go through it just to know the feel maybe… 🙂 thanks a lot dear… and erissery is new, i told umma that what u cook is called erissery and she was kind of surprised… hehe…

  3. healthy n luks yummy too.

    1. thank u so much usha…

  4. Mathanum payarum adipoli, princy siteleku pokunnudu. adipoli erissery.

    1. thank u so much swathi…

  5. very delicious eriserry dear 🙂 tempting me !! now going to visit princy's place!!

    1. thank u so much manjula… 🙂

    1. thank u so much sangeetha…

  6. this looks so delicious..no wonder she loved the post!

    1. thank u so much amila…

    1. thank u so much priya… i never knew this was called erissery… 🙂

  7. This sounds interesting, heading over to check it out!
    P.S. Thank you so much for your kind words on my guest post at Razina's space 🙂

    1. thank u so much ambreen… my pleasure, dear… 🙂

  8. Thank you for the quick response Raf!Yr such a darling.Love the dish.

    1. thank u so much princy… 🙂

  9. very nice and tasty recipe.. Love it

    1. thank u so much veena…

  10. This looks soo yummy and healthy Rafee.. Off to Princy's space for the recipe 🙂

    1. thank u so much nilu… 🙂

  11. Such an interesting combo, am sure this dish is a winner..Heading to Princy's space.

    1. thank u so much akka…

  12. So interesting and an important item for sadhya…..very tempting dear…..

    1. thank u so much remya…

  13. healthy, protein packed dish..looks good

    1. thank u so much gayathri…

  14. Looks wonderful ! new to me though 🙂 off to Princy's space

    1. thank u so much reni… 🙂

  15. The click is too yummy to resist Rafee..Loved this one..Drooling.

    1. thank u so much dhyuthi…

  16. I am a fan of this mathan & payar erissery.. Enikkum rice venda ethinte koode.. Will eat them just like that.. That one looks perfect & mouth watering to me 🙂

    1. thank u so much chitra… 🙂

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