kankada tarkari

Kankada tarkari/ କାଙ୍କଡ଼ ତରକାରୀ.

I love this curry so much, initially Soumya never used to this vegetable, Once Bou came to Bengaluru after our marriage and she had made this curry. From that day Soumya slowly started to like this vegetable, specially this curry.

I’m never a picky eater and that credit goes to my bou, the same thing I want to do for my little one.  Bou was like a magician for me, whatever she made I love them. I don't know how the simple bhaja also tastes so different when bou used to make it. Is it her cooking skill or her love which made it special, I always wonder? I always tried to cook like her, but it never matches to her.

Ingredients :-

Sl. no	Item	Quantity
1	Potato	2-3
2	Kankada/Spiny Gourd	250 gm
3	Tomato	1
4	Onion	1
5	Mustard Oil	4 tbsp
6	Pancha Phutan	1 tsp
7	Cumin seeds	1 tsp
8	Coriander seeds	1 tsp
9	Bay Leaf	1
10	Cardamom (green)	2
11	Ginger garlic paste	1 tbsp
12	Red chilly powder	1 tsp
13	Turmeric powder	1 tsp
14	Sugar	1/2 tsp
15	Salt	As per taste

Method :-

• Peel off the skin of potato and cut into two halves or even quarters.
• Trim off both the end of Potala and Cut each kankada  into two halves and keep aside.
• Then in a blender jar take roughly chopped onion, tomato, corriander seeds, cumin seeds, green cardmom and blend into a very fine paste without adding any water and keep the paste aside.
• Heat the wok with 2 tbsp oil and add potato and kankada  in the wok and fry them untill they turning light golden in color, Switch off the flame.
• Take out the fried potata n kankada from the wok and again heat the wok having leftover mustard oil.
• Then add the sugar and allow to melt. Add bayleaves n Panchaphutan n allow to splutter.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste into this and then add onion, tomato masala paste and cook over low medium heat till the raw smell goes away.
• Add red chilly powder ,salt and turmeric powder and mix everything well.
• Cook the spices on a medium flame till oil shows separately.
• Add fried vegetables and 2 - 2.5cups water into this and give a nice stir.
• Cover n cook till all the kankada  n potatoes are well cooked over low medium heat.
• After the vegetables cooked ,switch off the heat and serve it with plain rice, roti or paratha.