Bharwan(Stuff) parwal masala

Ingredients:

• Parwal: 250gm
• Onion: 4 no. (Medium)
• Ginger paste: half teaspoon
• Cumin seed: half teaspoon
• Chili powder: one teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Coriander powder: half teaspoon
• Garam masala powder:  half teaspoon
•  Mustard Oil/any cooking oil: 4 tablespoon
• Salt: one and half teaspoon (as per taste)

For curry:

• Onion: 1 medium size
• Tomato: 1no. (Medium size)
• Ginger: 1teaspoon (paste)
• Garlic: half teaspoon (paste)
• Red chili powder: 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder: half teaspoon.
• Cumin seed: half teaspoon
• Bay leaf: 2 no.
• Cinnamon: 2 inch stick
• Black cardamom: 1 no.
• Clove: 3 no.
• Oil: 3tablespoon

Preparation:

1.  Wash and Trim the both ends of pointed gourd, and slit it from one side.
2. Take out all the pulp of Parwal.
3. Chop onion into very fine pieces.

For gravy:

1. Chop onion and tomato.
2. Grind them and make fine paste.

Method:

For making stuffing:

1. Heat 4 tablespoon of oil in a fry pan.
2. Add cumin seed, when it turns brown, add chopped onion.
3. Fry till onion become transparent. (About 5-6 minutes)
4. Add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder ,salt and ginger paste.
5. Fry till onion become light brown.
6. Add Garam masala powder.
7. Stuffing is ready. Keep aside.
8. Stuff this filling into parawal with the help of spoon.
9. Pour 2 tablespoon of oil in the fry pan.
10. When smoke starts, arrange stuffed Parwal such that you can turn the side of parwal one by one and sauté on low flame.
11. Cover the lid.
12. After few minutes change the side of parwal, when both side of parwal starts browning.
13. It is done. Keep aside.

For making curry:

1. Take a fry pan. Put 2 spoon of oil in it.
2. Heat it till smoke comes, add cumin seed, bay leaf, cinnamon, and black cardamom and clove. Fry it for few seconds, take care, it should not burn.
3. Add onion and tomato (paste). Stir it.
4. Add ginger, garlic paste in it. Fry this for few minute.
5. Add salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, and coriander powder, stir it.
6. Fry till masala become golden brown in color.
7. Pour 1 cup of water and boil the gravy. Lower the flame and boil it about 2-3 minutes.
8. Add stuff parwal in it. Boil this gravy for 2 minutes.
9.  Put Garam masala powder, stir and cover it. Put off the flame.
10. Stuff parawal curry is ready to serve.
11. Serve with roti, paratha or as a side dish.

Bharwan(Stuff) parwal masala by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.