What is this dish about? ....Potol/parwal- Trichosanthes dioica
These are the main ingredients of this dish.you have to cut it into half and fry it properly and keep it aside.
Other ingredients which are required .... Handful of gobindobhog rice or small grain rice, 2 onions, one big tomato, bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves.,haldi(turmeric) and Mirchi powder according to your taste , little cashew and raisin, & white oil and 1 tsp of ghee.
Procedure.....fry the rice and potol and keep it aside. Then in oil add 2 bay leafs and fry the onions brown add haldi powder , 1 tsp of chilly powder and 1 tsp each of dhania(corriender) and jeera (cumin)powder. Then add the tomato pieces and fry further. Then addsome sugar and Salt accordingly . When the paste is almost done add the fried rice and add 2 cups of boiled water. Cover the pan. When almost done add the fried parwal and cook further till it gets little dried up. Lastly add all d grinded garammasala with 1 tsp of ghee. From top add fried cashew and raisins.
