Kadhu | Indian Green Pumpkin | Winter Squash | Healthy Recipe

#Pumpkins have been in history of #Mesoamerica where it was #domesticated as a food item. Now grown at various places on earth with lots of #variety. They have been rich in #beta carotene, #iron, #vitamins, #potassium, #calcium and #folic acid. One interesting and unique features of pumpkin is that they #taste different in different states and can be used from its #unripe form (#green) to its very #ripened form (#yellow).

So let’s get started and make a #tangy, #spicy and #mouthwatering dish with #Indian #flavors.

#IndianGreenPumpkin

• Preparation time 10mins

• Cooking time 30mins

• Servings 6

Ingredients

• 500 gms : Kadhu / green pumpkin

• 1 Tea spoon : Methi seeds / fenugreek

• 1 Table spoon : Green chilly

• 1 Tea spoon : Turmeric powder

• 1 Tea spoon : Coriander powder

• 1 Tea spoon : Garam masala

• 2 Table spoon : Mustard oil

• Table salt to taste

Instructions

1. Take kadhai on medium flame, add mustard oil

2. Add methi seeds / fenugreek, chopped green chilly and let them crackle

3. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala

4. Sauté for 2 minutes

5. Add chopped kadhu / green pumpkin and sauté

6. Add table salt and cover with a lid and turn to low flame

7. Open the lid after every 10 minutes 2-3 times and sauté

8. Ready to serve

*#Tip: Extra chilly powder or chilly flakes are optional

**#Serve with chapatti, roti, poori, paratha

Highly Recommended, give it a try!

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