Yellow pumpkin skin is loaded with lots of antioxidant and fibre. Make into a pacchadi (chutney) and have along with unpolished rice for better taste.

Ingredients

Ingredients:

For Chutney

• Yellow pumpkin outer skin: 150 grams
• Garlic - 5 cloves
• Green chilly - 4 
• Peanut roasted - 3 tbsp 
• Roasted gram - 1 tbsp 
• Tamarind pulp - as per taste 
• Coconut (fresh, grated)- 5 to 6 tbsp 
• Salt - to taste
• Jaggery (optional) - as per taste 

For tadka: 

• Cold-pressed Oil - 1 tsp 
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Chop the peel of yellow pumpkin into small pieces, steam for 10 min and keep it separately. 
• In a mixie, blend all the ingredients mentioned under 'For Chutney' (except pumpkin peels) to get a coarse paste. 
• Then add the steamed pumpkin and blend again to make a chutney consistency paste.
• Prepare the tadka by adding jeera & mustard seeds to hot oil. Pour the tadka over the chutney.
• Enjoy along with rice!