Recipes - Pumpkin Vine Tips Tarkari

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 slice
• 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

Cooking Instructions:

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.