Recipe of Pumpkin & Potato Curry / "Kumro Aloor Dalna"

Pumpkin is a very colorful vegetable and it is healthy and tasty to eat.  Recipes with pumpkin are very delicious.  I love fries, curry and mash of it.  I am writing down all this recipes in this page to make it available to all.  It is always good to share and it gives an immense pleasure to know when people use your recipe and say it is very nice.  you feel out of the world.

Here I have the recipe of pumpkin and potato curry.  In bengali we say "kumro aloor tarkari" or Kumro aloor dalna.

Kumro Aloor Dalna

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin - 300 grams 
• Potato -  2 medium sized 
• Kalonji / kalo jeera / Black cumin - 2 pinch
• Turmeric powder - 1/3 of tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil - 3 / 4 tablespoon
• Green Chili - 3 / 4

How to prepare:

• Cut pumpkin in big chunks after peeling the skin and potatoes pieces should be smaller than pumpkin pieces.

  

  Pumpkin pieces

• Heat oil in a pan then add black cumin and cook for few seconds
• Add potato and fry until little brown, then put green chili, pumpkin, turmeric powder and salt then cover it and cook in low flame.

  

  Cooking kumro aloor dalna

• Once it is cooked add little water to make gravy and bring it to boil.
• "Kumro Aloor Dalna" is ready to serve with roti / puri/ luchi / rice.
• This curry best goes with puri or luchi.

Luchi with Kumror aloor dalna

Nutrients value:

Pumpkin is rich in vitamin (A, B-Complex, C) and minerals (Potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium.  It is also helps in cholesterol control.  This vegetable is also high in fiber.