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Ingredients:
1. Red Pumpkin: 1 Pound
2. Cumin Seeds: 2-3 Tspn
3. Curry Leaves: 10-12
4. Hing/ Asafoetida: One pinch
5. Turmeric powder: 1 Tsp
6. Green chilies: 2
7. Oil: 1 Tbsp
8. Ghee: 2 Tspn
9. Yogurt: 3 Tbsp/ Half cup
10. Water: 1/4 Cup
11. Salt: To taste
Optional:
1. Rice: 2 Cups
2. Water: 4 cups
Method:
1. Take off the skin of the pumpkin and cut it in small cubes.
2. In Instant pot inner container, add 2 cups of water and put trivet in the inner pot.
3. Transfer the pumpkin in an instant pot safe container and add 1 Tsp cumin seeds, turmeric powder, hing, 4 curry leaves, salt and oil.
4. Take 2 cups of pre-washed rice in another container with 4 cups of water in it. Put this container on the container with pumpkin.
5. Put the lid. Put the instant pot on sealing mode. Put instant pot on 'Rice' mode with 'high pressure'
6. After the rice mode is done, let the pressure release naturally.
7. Take out the rice and keep it aside.
8. Take out the pumpkin container and mash it. Just be careful since its going to be very hot. Take out extra water if any, but don't throw it yet.
9. Now put a small kadhai for tempering.
10. Add 2 Tbsp of ghee and add remaining cumin seeds, curry leaves and cut green chilies to the hot tempering.
11. Put yogurt in the mashed pumpkin mixture (cooled for 5-7 minutes). Stir it well.
12. Add tempering to the above mixture and our raita or bharit is ready. You can enjoy it as a side with roti, puri, naan etc.
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