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Stir fried pumpkin with spinach and coconut
Stir fried pumpkin with spinach and coconut

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The ingredients needed to prepare Stir fried pumpkin with spinach and coconut:
  1. Get 2 cups red Pumpkin or Butternut Squash (cut in small cubes)
  2. Provide 1 bunch Spinach(can be use other variety of leafy veg/saag)
  3. Provide 1 teaspoon Panchfuran (bengali mix whole spice)
  4. Use 1 tablespoon freshly grated coconut or desiccated coconut)
  5. You need 1/4 th teaspoon Jaggery powder or graterd Jaggery
  6. You need 1/2 teaspoon Chilli flakes
  7. Get 2 tablespoon Mustard oil/ Vegetable oil
  8. Take 2 dry red Chillies
  9. Get 4-5 Curry leaves
  10. Use to taste Salt
Steps to make Stir fried pumpkin with spinach and coconut:
  1. Take 1 bunch of washed, rinsed and clean spinach leaves. Discard the big stems.
  2. I blanced them in boiling water for 30 seconds, tranfered to a colander and rinse them in cold water. This will help to remove any jerms from the leaves and also help to retain it's bright colour.
  3. Now with a sharp knife chop them. Keep aside.
  4. Also peel and cut the pumpkin or squash in small pieces.
  5. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a pan and temper with paachfuran & dry red chillies. Paachfuran is a mixture of 5(paach)whole spices like fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, carrom seeds, fennel seeds and nigela seeds.
  6. Also add in curry leaves and the pumpkin pieces. Add in salt stir well and cook with lid on in medium heat for 10 minutes.
  7. After 10 minutes or when the pumpkin cooks 70%, add in the chopped spinach and mix. Cover and again cook in medium low heat for another 10 minutes.
  8. Now add in grated coconut, I added dessicated coconut as I don't have fresh one right now.
  9. Also add in Jaggery powder or grated Jaggery & chilli flakes. Give a final stir and your stir fried pumpkin with spinach is ready to serve. Goes well with steam rice or roti/fulka.

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