Recipe- Shallow Fried Dahi Parwal

Doi Potol-Parwal is a very healthy seasonal vegetable mainly available during summer season in north and East India. It is a very healthy vegetable and it is very easy to digest and is light on tummy so always advised to have when ever you have any type of disease or fever. It is laxative and anti pyretic, Helps to treat jaundice,liver problems and Ulcers.

Parwal and tindli both vegetables looks quite similar so many people get confused between the two. But they are different in taste ,texture and look wise. Tindli /kudru have very tender seeds and parwal have bigger and fewer seeds as compered to tindli. While choosing parwal looks for fresh ,firm,small and dark in colour parwals.

Ingredients

12 Pointed Gourd / Parwal/potol
1 cup Yogurt / Dahi
4 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
1/3 cup Mustard Oil / Sarso ka tel
1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
1 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder
1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
to taste Salt / Namak
Pinch Garam Masala Powder
1/3 tsp Sugar / Chini

Tempering

2 Tejpatta/ Bayleaf
2 Dried Red Chilli, Whole
1/2 inch Cinnamon /daalchini
4 Cloves / Lavang
4 Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi

Method

* Wash and peel the parwals on alternate stripes

* Then make small slits in the peeled portions.

* Apple 1/4 tsp salt and pinch turmeric on the peeled parwals and keep aside for 15 minutes.

* Heat Mustard oil in a pan and add the parwalas and saute till they turn slight golden. Drain and keep aside

* Add turmeric, KashmirI chili powder, coriander powder in 1/3 cup water and mix well.

* the same pan add the tempering ingredients -bayleaf, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and dried red chili and saute for few seconds.

* Now add green chili and then add the spice mixed with water and saute for a minute.

* Remove the pan from the heat and the beaten curd and mix

* Put the pan on the stove and cook for a minute.

* Now add the fried potol and mix with the curd and cook for a minute.

* Add about a cup of water and sugar ,cover the pan with a lid and simmer till the parwals /potol are done

* When the parwals are done ,add 1 tsp ghee and garam masala powder and mix.

* Remove from the heat and serve hot.