Pumpkin Made Pretty

Our reader Raj Kumari Bathla shares an exquisite pumpkin recipe. 

Pumpkin comes with several health benefits. It contains tons of Vitamin A and is good for maintaining healthy skin and vision. We bring you a yummy recipe made North Indian style by a contributor.

Pumpkin Sabji

Pumpkins can be made yummy too

Ingredients

Pumpkin

Onions

Salt

Red Chilli Powder

Turmeric

Methi Seeds

Garam Masala

Oil

Recipe

Peel and cut the pumpkin into small pieces. Wash the pumpkin and take out all the extra water. Take some oil in the pressure cooker and heat. Put methi seeds in it. Then put onions and let them become light brown. Add turmeric, red chilli powder and salt. Add the pumpkin pieces and stir. Close the pressure cooker. After the first whistle, leave it on low flame for 20 minutes. It might take few more minutes depending on how hard the pumpkin is. It takes only 15 min in US and sometimes 25-20 minutes in Delhi. You will have to play with the time a bit. Turn the flame off and wait till the pressure cooker cools down and there is no steam left. Open the pressure cooker. The pumpkin must be soft enough to be mashed. Mash it and let it stay on flame (open) for 3-4 minutes. Put some garam masala and it is ready to eat! This sabji tastes yummy with hot rotis!

About the author

?Mrs Raj Kumari Bathla lives in New Delhi, India with her husband. They have two kids- the older daughter settled in US and the younger son in Bangalore. They visit both kids and their families often. She has been a stay at home mom and has been a role model for her kids. She is an excellent cook and does an amazing job with unpopular vegetables like Pumpkin, Bitter gourds and Ridge gourds and makes them a delicacy to die for!