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My recipe for W is an interesting recipe, I made few recipes with Water melon rind. With that inspiration I decided to do this typical Bengali recipe Dalna with water melon rind.
Chhanar dalna
Olkopir dalna
INGREDIENTS:---
Water melon --- 2 cups cut in to cubes
Cut the watermelon and remove the red fruit part and peel the green skin and take the white part and cut the white part in to 2 inch size cubes.
Potato ---- 1 cut in to cubes
Fresh or frozen green peas -- 1/2 cup
Tomatoes -- 2 blanched and pured
Ginger paste -- 1&1/2 tea sp
FOR MASALA:---
Cumin powder -- 1 tea sp
Coriander powder -- 1 tea sp
Red chilli powder -- 1 tea sp or according to your taste
Kitchen king masala or garam masala -- 2 tea sp
Yogurt -- 1 tab sp
Tomato ketchup -- 2 tea sp this gives a bright color and sweet taste if you dont like just skip it.
FOR SEASONING:--
Bay leaves -- 3
Cardamom -- 2
Clove -- 2
Cinnamon -- 1/2 inch stick
Fenugreek seeds -- 1/2 tea sp
Salt --- 1 tea sp or to taste
oil -- 1 tab sp
METHOD:--
1. Heat oil in a pan add potato cubes and cook till potato pieces turn in to light golden remove and set a side.
2. In the same oil add seasoning ingredients fry for a while and add tomato pure, cook till oil separates from the tomato pure.
3. Add ginger paste and stir for a while.
4.Now add potato, water melon cubes green peas and saute till the vegetables take a little color.
5.In a small bowl mix yogurt,cuimin, coriander, red chillipowder,garam masala or kitchenking masala mix well to combine and add to the vegetables and stir till masala coats on the vegetables and fry for few minutes.
6. Add tomato ketchup, salt and 2 cups of water mix well, cover and cook till vegetables are done.
7. This is a thick gravy so adjust the water according to your like and check the salt and adjust according to your taste.
Chhanar dalna
Olkopir dalna
INGREDIENTS:---
Water melon --- 2 cups cut in to cubes
Cut the watermelon and remove the red fruit part and peel the green skin and take the white part and cut the white part in to 2 inch size cubes.
Potato ---- 1 cut in to cubes
Fresh or frozen green peas -- 1/2 cup
Tomatoes -- 2 blanched and pured
Ginger paste -- 1&1/2 tea sp
FOR MASALA:---
Cumin powder -- 1 tea sp
Coriander powder -- 1 tea sp
Red chilli powder -- 1 tea sp or according to your taste
Kitchen king masala or garam masala -- 2 tea sp
Yogurt -- 1 tab sp
Tomato ketchup -- 2 tea sp this gives a bright color and sweet taste if you dont like just skip it.
FOR SEASONING:--
Bay leaves -- 3
Cardamom -- 2
Clove -- 2
Cinnamon -- 1/2 inch stick
Fenugreek seeds -- 1/2 tea sp
Salt --- 1 tea sp or to taste
oil -- 1 tab sp
METHOD:--
1. Heat oil in a pan add potato cubes and cook till potato pieces turn in to light golden remove and set a side.
2. In the same oil add seasoning ingredients fry for a while and add tomato pure, cook till oil separates from the tomato pure.
3. Add ginger paste and stir for a while.
4.Now add potato, water melon cubes green peas and saute till the vegetables take a little color.
5.In a small bowl mix yogurt,cuimin, coriander, red chillipowder,garam masala or kitchenking masala mix well to combine and add to the vegetables and stir till masala coats on the vegetables and fry for few minutes.
6. Add tomato ketchup, salt and 2 cups of water mix well, cover and cook till vegetables are done.
7. This is a thick gravy so adjust the water according to your like and check the salt and adjust according to your taste.
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12 comments:
What an innovative curry this is Padma. Never cooked with watermelon rind and this dalna looks just perfect.
That's really a wonderful way to make use of watermelon..good one..
Very interesting dalna, and the white rinds of watermelon works awesome in gravies.Fingerlicking dalna.
Fantastic choice Padma, I like the use of watermelon rind...the curry looks fantastic.
I have never cooked with water melon and this Dalna is very interesting and flavorful.
Watermelon rind looks just like lauki in the curry form. I will have to save some rind and try this curry this summer, when I get some watermelon.
Using the white part of the water melon is great. Great share. between same pinch for watermelon. but I used the puree.. ;-)
That is one innovative dalna, Padma. Looks very tasty with those parathas..
Very flavorful. I must try cooking the watermelon rind sometime soon.
Never cooked with watermelon, but dalna looks delicious.
I once cooked with white part of watermelon and it tasted great..This dalna looks so yummy.
Such an interesting recipe using watermelon rind. Great way to use it up!
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