- Rinse, peel and chop the pumpkin. Heat oil in a pan. crackle the cumin seeds first. Add the pumpkin, sugar and salt. Stir and cover the pan and simmer the pumpkin pieces till they are softened and cooked well. There is no need to add water as the pumpkin will get cooked by its own juices. In case the water dries up, then add about 2-3 tablespoon water and cook the pumpkin. Keep on checking at intervals and if the water continues to dry, then add a few tbsp water again. The pumpkin should not get mushy. Once the pumpkin is cooked well then add the dry mango powder and simmer for a minute. Lastly season with roasted cumin powder and black pepper powder. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.