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           "A taste of Sri Lanka"
           By Indra Jayasekera
-------------------------WATTAKKA (CURRIED PUMPKIN-------------------------
    450 g  Pumpkin

     25 g  Onion

      2    Chile, fresh

      4    Garlic cloves

     50 ml Oil

           Curry leaf sprigs
      1 ts Salt

    1/4 ts Pepper, black

    1/4 ts Turmeric

    350 ml Coconut milk, thin

    100 ml Coconut

     25 g  Rice, ground

      1 ts Mustard seed, ground

        pn Curry powder
    1/2 ts Lime juice

  ===========================> Directions <========================
  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 Coconut milk, thick 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 pump- kin shell. Sprinkle with the curry powder and
  lime juice.
  ISBN #962 224 010 0