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Friday, April 22, 2011

Khatta Meetha Sitaphal (Sweet and Sour Pumpkin)



Ingredients:

1 cup sitaphal/pumpkin/doodhi/kaddu
1 medium sized onion, sliced
1 medium sized tomato, roughly chopped
1 green chilli slit into 2
7-8 leaves of karipatta
1 tsp oil
1/4 tsp rai
1/2 tsp haldi powder
1/2 tsp jeera powder
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp tamarind pulp
salt to taste
2 tbsp water

Method:

  • Cut the sitaphal into 1" cube along with the skin.
  • Heat a kadai on medium high flame.
  • Add oil, add rai. When the rai begins to crackle, add karipatta leaves. Add onion and fry on medium heat till the onion turn light brown in colour.
  • Add sitaphal and the tomato and mix well.
  • Add the green chilli, haldi powder, jeera powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, sugar and salt and mix well. Add 1 tbsp of water and close the lid and let the sitaphal cook well. Stir occasionally. Add 1 tbsp of water if required.
  • Once the sitaphal is almost cooked, add the tamarind pulp and cook for 3 minutes.
  • Take the vegetable off the flame and serve!!!
Tips:
  • You can add jaggery instead of sugar.
  • You can add amchoor powder (dry mango powder) instead of tamarind.
  • You can add fenugreek seeds to the tempering.
  • You can also add asafoetida.
  • The sitaphal should hold its shape even after cooking hence do not overcook the sitaphal.
  • Adjust the sugar and tamarind to get the right balance of sweet and sour for this recipe.
  • Tis vegetable tastes good with rotis or puris esp. stuffed kachoris!

1 comment:

  1. i am trying it today with a little bit of changes.. e.g. i have added methi seeds with rai seeds and i have put tomato and cooked it for 2 minutes before putting sitafal.. and i have used double quantity of coriander powder because coriander gives a peculiar taste to sitafal and i did not use sugar in the beginning.. i used it when the sabzi was almost finished cooking.. and i have not used tamarind juice.. instead of it i have used one tbsp masala of mango pickle.. i hope the khatta meetha flavour will turn out to be amazing :)

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