Vegetarian Food – Pumpkin Vine Tips Tarkari (Nepali Food Recipe)

(Curried Tender Vine Tips of Pumpkin)

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb. pumpkin vine tips, washed, peeled, cut into 1-in. pieces
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 1 cup red bell pepper, cut into 1-in pieces
• 1 cup tomato slices
• 3 dried red chilies
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon whole timur (Szechwan pepper)
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• Salt and Pepper
• 1/2 cup broth or water

DIRECTIONS

• In a non-stick pan, heat oil.
• Splitter whole timur and mustard seeds until they turn dark.
• Fry dried red chilies for 15 sec. till it turns dark.
• Add garlic, ginger, cumin powder and curry powder; fry for a minute or so on low heat.
• Add pumpkin vine tips, mushroom and red bell pepper to the spice-mixture, and stir-fry for about two minutes.
• Add salt and pepper.
• To the vegetable mixture, add chopped tomatoes, and stir fry until the vine tips are tender and the excess liquid has evaporated off.
• Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Serve with rice.

Source: http://nepalicooking.tripod.com./
Author: Tulsi Regmi