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25 min — 15 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Pumpkin Oambal

Name: Pumpkin Oambal
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nagaland Indian
Ingredients: 1tbsp Jaggery; 1piece green chillies; salt; 300g pumpkin; 0.5cup Water; 1tbsp raisins; 1piece Tamarind (Block); 1tsp Sunflower Oil; 1piece dry red chillies; 0.25tsp Mustard Seeds (Black)

Naga semi-dry dish accompaniment with tamarind, jaggery, raisins. Best served hot.

Time 25 min · Serves 4 · 132 kcal · Nagaland

Ingredients

Main

Jaggery — 1 tbsp (whole)
green chillies — 1 piece (chopped)
salt (optional) (whole)
pumpkin — 300 g (chopped)
Water — 0.5 cup (whole)
raisins — 1 tbsp (chopped)
Tamarind (Block) — 1 piece (whole)
Sunflower Oil — 1 tsp (whole)

Tempering

dry red chillies — 1 piece (whole)
Mustard Seeds (Black) — 0.25 tsp (whole)

Method

To begin the preparation of pumpkin Oambal, in a microwave safe bowl, combine 1/2 cup water and tamarind.
Microwave for about 30-40 seconds.
You can also combine water and tamarind in a pan and bring the mixture to a boil.
Once it cools down a bit, grind in a mixer/grinder.Strain this mixture and set aside.Wash and peel the pumpkin.
Remove its seeds and cut it into cubes.In a wide pan, add pumpkin cubes and tamarind water.
Cover with a lid and cook for about 10 minutes or till pumpkin gets cooked and becomes soft.
Mash it with the help of a vegetable masher.
Keep aside.In a pan heat oil and add dry red chilli and mustard seeds.When mustard seeds crackle, add green chilli, raisins, pumpkin mixture and salt.
Mix well and add jaggery.
Let it cook for about a minute.
Remove from flame.Serve this sweet and sour Pumpkin Oambal along with phulkas or parathas, Tomato Onion Gravy Sabzi and Spicy Paneer Pulao With Vegetables for a weekday lunch.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Pumpkin Oambal?: 132 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 25 min — 15 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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