Potala (Pointed Gourd) Aloo Tarkari
Back from a long long vacation from India and ready to get back to business as usual. A vacation with family reminds you how good you had till you decided to get married and move miles and miles and miles away from them. And it reminds you what cooks your mother and mother-in-law are ;) And it connects you to recipes that you had forgotten because you wanted to cook something fancy for the blog . So here is a very basic potala(parwal) curry. Ingredients: Potala: 15 Potato: 2 medium Onion: 1 small finely chopped Ginger garlic paste: 2 tbsp Turmeric powder: 1 tsp Red chilli powder: 1 tbsp (adjust as per taste) Cumin Powder: 1 tbsp Coriander Powder: 2 tbsp Whole Cardamon: 2 Cinnamon Stick: 1/2 inch Salt: to taste Oil : 2 tbsp water: 1-2 cup Procedure: To prep the potala you wash and the then script the outer skin of it with a knife and not use a peeler because that will remove too much and not much will be left to cook. If you find bigger size potal