Sweet Pumpkin Raita (काशिफळाची कोशिंबीर )

This recipes is well known in Maharashtra .. so wouldn't be a new/creative post for marathi people :)...
but am posting it for my Bangalorian friends..hope they would find it innovative :) because it is something new here...

Preparation Time 15 Min.

Ingredients:
250 gm Sweet pumpkin cut into square pieces.
2-3 Onions finely chopped .
You can sweet ppumpkin in less quantity as well, depending in how much raita you want, decide the quantity of pumpkin and then onion.
Green chillies as per the taste / OR red chillies
salt to the taste
1 tea spoon sugar
cumin seeds,mustard seeds for the tempering
Coriander leaves Finley chopped
1 cup curds
1 table spoon oil for tempering
curry leaves

Procedure:

1. Boil the pumpkin pieces in cooker for about 3-4 whistles.
2. Once it cools down, mash the pumpkin well with hands.So that no lumps will be there.
3. Pour cut onion,green chillies,sugar in it.
4. Mix well.
5. In a mixing bowl take the curds and churn it for 1-2 minutes.( This should be done for every kind of raita in order to avoid watery extensions in raitas )
6. Now add this curds in the mixture of pumpkin.
7. Mix it well but not too much otherwise the it may become pasty. The mixture should be little rough maintaining the originality of the pumpkin.
8. Heat the oil, put mustard seeds,cumin seeds,coriander leaves and then pour this tempering on mixture.If you have taken red chillies instead of green, then instead of putting directly, put red chillies in the tempering.
9. At the end, just before serving, add the salt. So that The mixture wouldn't leave water.

Health Benefits:

Pumpkin improves immune function , reduces risk of diseases like cancer and heart problems.It contains vitamins A,C,E and calcium , iron, magnesium,zinc,folate.