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Pointed gourd or in Assamese potol is a very common vegetable in summer.  I make potol fry everyday as my daughter likes it very much.  Pointed gourd with pumpkin gravy is a simple recipe which can be served as a side dish with rice or roti. INGREDIENTS : 4 Pointed gourds 2/3 cup pumpkin cubes  1 tbsp grated coconut 1 onion chopped 1 tomato chopped 2 green chillies 1 small piece of cinnamon  2 cardamom 2 cloves  1/2 tsp turmeric  1/2 tsp cumin powder  1/2 tbp coriander powder  1/2 tblsp red chilli powder  1/2 tsp garam masala powder 2 tbsp oil  Salt to taste SERVE : 2 PREPARATION TIME: 25 minutes COOKING TIME : 20 minutes TOTAL : 45 minutes METHOD : Wash pointed gourd under running water and cut its both the ends. In a pressure cooker boil pointed gourd for two whistles. Drain and keep the Pointed gourds aside. In a blender jar take pumpkin cubes,  grated coconut,  green chillies,  chopped onions and tomatoes.  Blend it in a smooth paste. Ru

Steamed Hilsa or Bhapa Ilish  is one of the signature recipes of Bengali cuisine .  For Bengalis fish is an integral part of their life and hilsa is considered to be their favorite one. We Assamese also love hilsa  and as hilsa is not locally found in Assam, it is exported from West Bengal. * If you like this recipe,  you may also like other Bengali recipes. Please check ■ Bottle gourd sabji with lentil dumplings Steamed Hilsa/Bhapa Ilish 📎 Course :  Main course 📎Cuisine :  Bengali  🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  30 minutes 🕞Total :  45 minutes 🍴Servings :  2 INGREDIENTS: 4 Pieces hilsa fish 2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds 1 tbsp grated coconut 1 tbsp poppy seeds 1 onion chopped 1 tomato  chopped 2 green chillies 1 tbsp yogurt (curd) 2 tbsp mustard oil 1/2 tbsp turmeric salt to taste METHOD : Wash fish pieces and keep aside. Soak yellow mustard seeds together with poppy seeds in a bowl in warm water for half an hour. I

Pressure cooking process is faster than the conventional methods of cooking. It saves time as well as energy.  Pressure cooking is my everyday businesse. I cook rice and lentil in pressure cooker everyday.  Beside rice and lentil I use pressure cooker to boil potatoes and vegetables,  to make pulao and briyani and of course pressure cooker is good to cook mutton. This mutton curry in pressure cooker is a simple and quick mutton curry recipe that I used to make in my busy days. As mutton takes time to cook, pressure cooking makes it easy and faster.  This recipe is also good for beginners who want to cook mutton curry. This is an Indian style mutton curry recipe.  It can be served with rice or roti. INGREDIENTS : 400 gms mutton pieces  2 big potatoes  2 big onion chopped 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste  1 small tomato chopped  1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp cumin powder  1/2 tsp red chilli powder  1/2 tsp garam masala powder 2-3 tbsp mustard oil  Salt to taste METH