Chaal Potol Recipe

Chaal Potol Recipe

Ingredients:

• 300 gm parwal
• 1 tomato
• salt as required
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 cup soaked gobindobhog rice
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 1 cup mustard oil
• sugar as required

Recipe :

• Step 1 Peel and deseed pointed gourd

  To make this dish, peel and deseed the pointed gourd or parwal after scraping the skin. Then, massage them well with 1 tsp turmeric powder and salt to taste. Meanwhile, soak the Gobindobhog rice for 30 minutes.

• Step 2 Fry the turmeric coated parwal

  Now, put a kadhai over medium flame and heat mustard oil in it. Add the parwals one by one and fry them well. Use a lid to cover them, this will help them fry in a good manner. (Tip: Fry in low flame, it makes the parwals cooked well).

• Step 3 Prepare tomato and ginger paste

  Make a paste of tomato and ginger slice. As parwals get fried, take them out in a plate. Next, transfer the oil in a container and in the same kadhai, add the ginger-tomato masala along with fried parwal. Toss them well and turn on the flame.

• Step 4 Cook parwal with soaked rice

  Finally, add the soaked Gobindobhog rice and sprinkle salt and sugar to taste. Then, add remaining turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp garam masala powder. Splash a little water and cook till the raw smell of the masala goes away.

• Step 5 Cook rice until done

  Now, add water as required and cover with a lid. Let the rice cook and once almost done, sprinkle the remaining garam masala powder over the rice and turn off the flame. Serve hot.