Khatta Meetha Kaddu Recipe | Sweet & Sour Pumpkin Sabzi (Easy Indian Style)
Learn how to make khatta meetha kaddu, a delicious sweet and sour pumpkin sabzi made with simple Indian spices. Perfect for poori or roti. It is a very popular everyday dish made in Indian households.
Ingredients
- 750 gm kaddu
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 tsp methi seeds
- ¼ tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 medium sized onion chopped
- 1-2 green chilli chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp amchoor powder
- 1 tbsp jaggery powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
Instructions
- First, remove seeds, wash and cut kaddu in small equal size pieces. Chop onion and green chilli and keep them aside.
- In a frying pan heat mustard oil on a low flame. Add methi seeds, wait till they become brown then add cumin seeds and let them crackle.
- Now add ½ tsp turmeric powder and coriander powder, mix .
- Add chopped onion and green chilli, sauté them for 2-3 minutes till their raw smell is gone.
- Now add chopped kaddu pieces and mix everything well. Cover it and cook for 8-10 minutes. Stir in between to avoid sticking at the bottom.
- Once it becomes soft and cooked add 1 tbsp jaggery powder, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Finally, add amchoor powder and garam masala and mix well. Cook for another 1-2 minute uncovered . Switch off the flame and leave it for 5-7 minutes so that all the spices well infused.
- Transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with hara dhania patti and serve warm with chapatti, paratha or poori.
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Notes
1. The pumpkin should not be raw or fully ripe. It is in between of them with slightly light yellow colour from inside and nice soft green skin from outside.
2. Chop kaddu in to equal size pieces.
3. Don’t over cook it otherwise it becomes mushy.