Aloo parwal curry(no onion no garlic) recipe

          Many of my friends are pure vegetarian and they have requested to share some recipes for them, also in special occasions like purnima or in puja time we cook food without onion garlic . So guys I will share with you a simple and tasty dish which can be cooked easily and its very healthy.

Ingredients

• Parwal/patal/pointed gourd- 5
• Potato -1 large
• Oil -2tbsp
• Bay leaf-1
• Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder- 1 tsp
• Coriander powder-1/2tsp
• Ginger and cumin seeds paste-1tsp
• Tomato -1 large
• Salt to taste
• Sugar to taste
• Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
• Ghee-1/2-1tsp
• Chopped coriander leaves for garnish
• All purpose flour(maida)-1-2tsp

How to cook-

             Wash the potato, peel it and cut into cubes then boil it and keep aside. Wash the parwal, peel and cut it into small cubes as it helps in fast cooking. 1 parwal can be cut into 3-4 cubes.
Now take a kadai/pan and add 1 tbsp oil , add parwal and cover the lid for 2 minutes. Now open the lid and shallow fry it until the parwal is soft and golden in color. Now take out the parwal in a plate and keep aside.
In the same kadai/ pan add 1tbsp oil, add bay leaf ,ginger and cumin paste, fry it. Add turmeric powder, salt, kashmiri red chilli powder and coriander powder one by one and fry it for 1-2 minutes. Now add the chopped tomatoes and cook it in low to medium flame until the tomatoes are mashed with the other spices.
 Now add the potatoes and parwal and stir and mix it well. Then add water around 1.5 cups and cover the lid. Cook for 5 minutes , until the parwal is not cooked completely.
 In a bowl take 1-2tsp maida and mix it with little water well and pour into the kadai, this will help in getting good texture and the gravy will look rich. Now at last add little sugar( optional) little ghee and garam masala powder and switch off the flame.

Serve the potato parwal curry with chopped coriander leaves.

It can be served with roti, parathas and rice.