Fried Parwal- pointed gourd fried

Ingredients..................................

1. Parwal- 4-5 in half
2. Turmeric pwd- 1/2tbsp
3. Salt to taste
4. Oil for fry- 5tbsp

Method..............................

• Take a bowl place pointed gourd and marinated them from salt, turmeric pwd keep a side for 10 min.

• Heat the pan, add oil and place marinated parwal -pointed gourd and fry till golden brown from both sides.

• Now you can eat with colslaw or salad...........It's up to you.

Stuffed Loofah (Bharwa Turai)

Ingredients.......................................

1. Loofah vegetable- 1 washed, peeled and removed seeds

Stuffing........................

1. Boiled Spiced Potato- link is  http://noopurnikhil.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/potato-puff-patties.html

Coading......................

1. Grated ginger- 1/4tsp
2. Grated garlic- 1/4tsp
3. Tandoori masala-1/2tsp
4. turmeric pwd- 2pinch
5. Salt to tatse
6. Food colour- 2pinch
7. Coriander pwd- 1/2tsp
8. Tomato ketchup-1tsp
9. Red chili- ped- 3pinch
10. Curd- 2tsp
11. Mango pwd- 1/2tsp

Method....................................

• Wash Loofah (turai), and peel skin carefully and remove the seeds from inside.

• Now take a spoon and stuff potato mixer in slit ,loofah, Heat the pan, put oil and fry it till golden brown,time to time you have to press turai (loofah),otherwise it will not cook properly.

• Stuffed Loofah (Bharwa Turai) is ready to serve.

Stuffed BellPeppers (Bharva Shimla Mirch)

Ingredients...............

1. Bell Pepper-3
2. Oil for fry- 3 tbsp

For Filling.............

1. Boiled Potato- 1 cup in small diced
2. Green frozen peas- 1/2 cup
3. Sweet corn- 1/2 cup
4. Green chopped chili- 2 tbsp
5. Onion sliced- 1/4
6. Red chili powder- 1/2 tbsp
7. Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
8. Corriander powder- 1tbsp
9. Mango powder- 1/2 tbsp
10. Oil for fry- 1/4 cup
11. Salt to taste
12. Thread for binding

Method............

• Heat cooking oil in a pan on medium flame, till hot. Add sliced onion fry till soft then add red chili powder and turmeric powder, green chili and cook about 1 .


• Now add boiled potato ,green peas and sweet corns and fry about 2 min then add all rest spices like (coriander powder, mango powder, salt ) fry about 2 min, and mash using masher and transfer to another vessel.



• Wash the peppers well and pat dry with paper towel. Cut the top off about 1" from where the stem is attached. Remove all the seeds and pith and discard.

  Fill each pepper to the top with the mashed potato mix. Press down and top up to ensure they are well filled, now keep the cuted part of bell pepper and wrap it with thread tightly.

• Heat the 3 tbsp cooking oil in a shallow pan on a low flame. When hot add the peppers (standing up) and fry till soft.

• Gently turn the peppers over onto their tops so that the potato can fry. Fry till golden. Turn off fire.

• Place peppers on a plate lined with paper towel to allow excess oil to be soaked up. and now cut the thread and remove the top, and cut the pieces just half............  When this is done, serve.