Bharwa Parwal (Stuffed Pointed Gourd)

                               

Ingredients 

Parwal – 7-10 no

Onion chopped – 1 no

Green chilli chopped – 2 no

Potato grated – 1 no

Ginger grated – ½ tea spoon

Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Garam masala powder – ½ tea spoon

Lemon juice – 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder – pinch

Salt – as per taste

Oil – 3 tea spoon

Method

• For the stuffing, heat a pan with 2 tea spoon of oil; add onion, green chilli, ginger, salt and fry till onion is soft and red in colour; now add all dry spices and fry for few seconds.
• Then add grated potato and cook till potato is soft; now add lemon juice in it, mix and cool it.
• Now stuffing is ready for parwal.
• Wash and peel the skin of parwal; cut one side length wise (do not cut into two pieces) and remove seeds; now gently stuff the parwal with stuffing as parwal has the tendency to break easily
• Heat a wide pan with one tea spoon of oil; add little salt, red chilli powder and fry for few seconds; add stuffed parwals one by one carefully in the pan.
• Cook till golden in colour or insert a tooth pick to check whether it is cooked 
• Serve hot with rice or chapattis or as a side dish with rice.