Parwal Do Pyaza Recipe

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Parwal is a vegetable from gourd family. This vegetable is tasty and healthy too. It is an excellent source of carbohydrates, vitamin A and C which is very essential to boost your immunity during the winter season. It can be prepared in many ways.

Today I have made a parwal do pyaza where it is cooked with lots of onions and spices.

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This dish tastes extremely delicious due to the variety of spices added to it and the sweet flavour of the onions.

Here is the recipe.

Serves: 5
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Parwal/Pointed gourd- 8-10
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Dry red chillies - 3-4
• Black peppercorns- 5-6
• Cloves- 3-4
• Black cardamom- 1-2
• Green cardamom- 2-3
• Cinnamon- 1 inch piece
• Onion- 2 cups (thinly sliced)
• Ginger- 1 inch piece (crushed)
• Garlic- 5-6 cloves (crushed)
• Tomato puree- 2tbsp
• Thick yogurt- 2tbsp
• Coriander powder- 3tsp
• Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder- 2tsp
• Roasted cumin powder- ½ tsp
• Garam masala powder - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste lemon juice- 2tsp
• Fresh coriander to garnish

Procedure

1. Wash the parwal and peel into alternate stripes.
2. Cut it into 2 pieces and remove any hard seeds if there.
3. Add parwal in a pan and add ¼ cup water.
4. Cover and cook till parwal are little soft.
5. Add oil in a heavy bottom pan.
6. When the oil is hot, add dry red chilies, black peppercorns, cloves, black cardamom, green cardamom and cinnamon.
7. Fry for 20-30 seconds.
8. Add onions and fry till pinkish .
9. Add ginger and garlic and fry till onions are golden brown.
10. Add tomato puree and yogurt and cook for a minute.
11. Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, salt and garam masala.
12. Add half cup of water and cook for 1-2 minutes.
13. Add the parwal and mix well.
14. Add another ¼ cup of water and cover the pan.
15. Cook the parwal on very low heat for 10-15 minutes till done.
16. Add lemon juice and mix.
17. Garnish with fresh coriander.
18. Serve hot with phulka or rice.