For my kid and for every kid I think vegetable is very boring. But we know vegetables are so essential for them. In our Indian lunch one vegetable dish is must. So I have to make my son eat it and thus make it special and appealing.Today I’m going to make pointed gourd in my lunch and in a bit different way.

Ingredients:

• 500 gms potol or pointed gourd
• 200 gms cottage cheese
• 2 big onions chopped
• 2 tbs poppy seed paste
• 1 large tomato paste
• 2 tbs ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbs chopped garlic
• 1 tbs chopped ginger
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tbs cumin powder
• 1 tbs coriander powder
• 1 tbs garam masala powder
• 2 tbs ghee or clarified butter
• Sugar to taste

Process:

• Scoop out the pointed gourds
• Clean them properly
• In a pan add half of the chopped onions,add chopped ginger,chopped garlic
• Add the cottage cheese crush it
• Add required salt amd sugar
• Now stuff into all the pointed gourds
• Fry all the pointed gourds with turmeric and salt
• In a fresh pan add the ghee
• Remaining onions,ginger garlic paste,tomato paste
• Move your laddle until oil seperates
• Add the remaining spices
• Again wait until oil seperates
• Add required water for gravy
• Wait until gravy thickens
• Add the fried pointed gourds
• Simmer for 5-8 minutes

Apply ghee or clarified butter from top
Serve hot with steamed rice

Try it and share your valuable suggestions below in the comment box.