Saanvis food: Aloo stuffed Tinda Curry / Potato stuffed Indian Baby Pumpkin Curry

Tinda is also known as Indian round gourd or apple gourd or Indian baby pumpkin. We can make various stuffing curries with tinda. Today's recipe is aloo stuffed tinda. In this stuffing will be very simple. Aloo will be fried and stuffed in tinda and then tinda's will be cooked in rich gravy made with cashew nuts, melon or poppy seeds and curd. Making potato stuffing is very simple and potato adds more taste to the curry.

Serves : 3 to 4
Total Time : 35 min.

Ingredients for stuffing:

Tinda (Baby Pumpkin) - 4
Small Potato - 4
Tinda pulp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric - pinch

Ingredients for gravy:

Melon Seeds or Poppy seeds - 2 tsp
Cashew nuts - 6
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Bay leaf -1
Green chillies - 3
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Hing - pinch
Curd - 1/2 cup

Preparation:

First remove the skin of tinda / baby pumpkin, and scoop out the pulp and seeds and punch it with the help of fork.
Make cashew nuts and melon / poppy seeds into paste.
Peel and cut potatoes into small pieces.

For Stuffing :

Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds, chopped potatoes, cook this, add turmeric, salt, pulp of tinda / pumpkin, chilli powder, cook for some time, take this mixture and stuff it in the baby pumpkin.

For gravy:

Heat oil in a pan and add fennel seeds and bay leaf.
In a bowl, take chilli powder, garam masala, salt, turmeric, hing, coriander powder, and add little water and mix and add this in to the oil. ( mixing in water prevent them from burning)
Add cashew nut, and melon seeds paste, green chillies, and beaten yogurt and cook for some time.
Add stuffed baby pumpkins, lid on and cook until they become soft and transparent, switch off the flame.
Serve this with roti or rice.