Kancha Kumro'r Torkari | Baby Pumpkin Stir-Fry
Baby pumpkin stir-fried with dried lentil dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 small baby pumpkin
- 2 medium-sized potatoes
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
- 8-10 nos bori (dried lentil dumplings)
- 1 tejpatta
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 2 dried red chilies
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp ghee
- 2 green chilies
Instructions
- Cut one baby pumpkin into one-inch cubes. Cut one or two potatoes into equal-sized cubes. Wash all the vegetables separately.
- Now heat 1 tbsp mustard oil in a kadai, fry a handful of bori (urad dal dried dumplings) and set them aside in a bowl of cold water.
- In the same oil, add a little more oil and add 1 tejpatta, 1-2 dried red chilies and ½ tsp of cumin seeds.
- Then add the potatoes, Stir–fry on high heat and then add 1 heaped tsp of ginger paste.
- Give it a stir and cover and let this cook on low heat for 6-8 mins or until the potatoes are half cooked.
- Then add the baby pumpkin cubes and add ½ to 1 tsp of turmeric powder, salt to taste and stir fry on high heat.
- Again lower the heat, cover and let this cook completely. Once the vegetables are all cooked, add slit green chilies, the bori (without the water), ½ tsp of sugar, mix and finally, a drizzle of ghee.
- Serve with rice or roti.