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Kumro Chokka Or Pumpkin Stir Fry

23/09/2018 by Sujata Roy 25 Comments

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Kumro chokka or pumpkin stir fry with panch phoran or Bengali five spices.
Goes well with luchi or puri, paratha or any bread. Taste is spicy, tangy and with little sweetness. In short its super yummy. Kumro is pumpkin in Bengali. Its a traditional no onion garlic Bengali recipe. But every home has its own recipe with some variation. I am sharing my mother’s recipe. Maa usually made it with fulko luchi or tikona porota or paratha in breakfast. Get fulko luchi recipe here

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Monday again and this week’s 163 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is #pumpkin treat.
Saswati Hota suggested the theme pumpkin. We can make anything with pumpkin but I remember my Maa’s kumro chokha. Didn’t make it a long time. So here is my Maa’s tangy spicy super yummy kumro chokka.

Normally black chickpea is used to make kumro chokka but I have used white chickpea or garbanzo beans. You can use black chickpea if you like.
Sugar is optional but for taste don’t omit it. Use at least 1/2 to 1 teaspoon.

Recipe

Pumpkin – 1 & 1/2 cup, chopped

Potatoes – 1 cup, chopped

Chickpeas – 1/4 cup

Mustard oil – 2 tablespoon

Panch phoran – 1 teaspoon

Dry red chilli – 1

Asafoetida or hing – a pinch

Green chilli – 2

Salt to taste

Sugar – 1 – 2 teaspoon or to taste

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Dry roasted cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Or

Dry roasted mixed spices or bhaja moshla – 3/4 teaspoon, Get bhaja moshla recipe here

Amchur or dry mango powder – 2 teaspoon

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Method

1. Soak the chickpeas overnight and boil in pressure cooker. I have used garbanzo beans or white chickpeas but you can use black chickpea if you like.

2. Chop the pumpkin and potatoes in small cubes.

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3. Heat oil in a pan. Add panch phoran and let the five spices splutter.
Panch phoran consists of fenugreek seeds or methi, Nigella seed or kalaunji, cumin seed or jeera, mustard seed or sarso and fennel seed or sounf.

4. Add dry red chilli and asafoetida or hing.

5. Now add the chopped potatoes.
Fry till the potatoes becomes light brown.

6. Add chopped pumpkin and boiled chickpeas. Mix well.

8. Add salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and sugar. Mix well.

9. Cover and cook on low flame. Stir occasionally.
You can add little water to avoid burning.

10. Check in between. Pumpkin should not get mushy.

12. When potatoes and pumpkin become soft and dried up add amchur and roasted cumin powder or bhaja moshla or roasted mix spice powder.
Mix well and remove from heat. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Serve with luchi or puri, paratha or any bread.

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  1. poonampagar says

    24/09/2018 at 5:41 AM

    Pumpkin stir fry with chickpeas and panch phooran sounds so flavorful and healthy di ! Mom’s recipes can never go wrong. Thanks for sharing an onion garlic free recipe to try out during festive season.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/09/2018 at 6:18 AM

      Thanks a lot Poonam. Glad you liked it ๐Ÿ˜

      Reply
  2. mistimaan says

    24/09/2018 at 6:54 AM

    Nice recipe

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/09/2018 at 9:28 AM

      Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  3. Sujata Shukla says

    24/09/2018 at 7:57 AM

    Pumpkin, potatoes, chickpeas with these heavenly spices – what a treat this curry is, Sujata Roy!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/09/2018 at 9:27 AM

      Thanks a lot Sujata Shukla ๐Ÿ˜

      Reply
  4. Vidya Narayan says

    24/09/2018 at 7:58 AM

    While I saw most recipes with Aloo and pumpkin, I loved the addition of chickpeas here. Much more healthy and delicious with the trademark bengali panchphoran tadka. With Luchi, ofcourse, this would taste fantastic.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/09/2018 at 9:26 AM

      Thank you so much Vidya ๐Ÿ˜

      Reply
  5. londonhindiincest says

    24/09/2018 at 1:54 PM

    Even Pumpkin becomes great when cooked with your recipe

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/09/2018 at 5:10 PM

      Thank you so much ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  6. Seema Doraiswamy Sriram says

    24/09/2018 at 11:45 PM

    Complete with that luchi, I will stuff myself. I love the filling combo in the recipe here and the panchphoran flavours.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2018 at 3:58 AM

      Thanks a lot Seema ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  7. The Girl Next Door says

    25/09/2018 at 4:00 AM

    This looks and sounds so good! I’ve only had red pumpkin curry made South Indian style, and while I love that, I’d love to try this version out some time soon! โ™ฅ๏ธ

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2018 at 4:04 AM

      Thank you so much Priya. Please do try, I am sure you will love the taste ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  8. Preethi Prasad says

    29/09/2018 at 12:12 PM

    Love this pumpkin recipe with chickpeas and panch phoran.Interesting share.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      29/09/2018 at 12:40 PM

      Thank you so much Preethi ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  9. Sasmita Sahoo Samanta says

    30/09/2018 at 2:25 PM

    The addition of chickpea is making the dish a bit more healthy !!!! Such a lovely dish I can have with luchi or even steamed rice

    Reply
  10. Saswati says

    30/09/2018 at 7:42 PM

    Wow ..one of my favourites dee..the panchphoran gives so much of flavour to the pumpkin.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      01/10/2018 at 7:01 AM

      Thank you so much Saswati ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  11. veena says

    03/10/2018 at 2:27 PM

    I think I have made a simple version of this. This looks so good with chickpeas and potatoes. Panch poran takes the stir fry to an entire new level. Is it not?

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      03/10/2018 at 3:02 PM

      Yes Veena we made similar recipes. Loved your stir fry. I love the flavour of panch phoran. Thanks a lot dear ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  12. mayurisjikoni says

    03/10/2018 at 3:54 PM

    Sujata a lovely healthy mixture of vegetables and chickpeas… love it. Can almost smell the aroma of panch phoron.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      03/10/2018 at 5:24 PM

      Thanks a lot Mayuri ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  13. Amrita says

    07/10/2018 at 12:51 AM

    Yummy Sujata!Fell in love with this recipe! Bookmarking this!

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      07/10/2018 at 1:49 AM

      Thanks a lot Amrita ๐Ÿ˜

      Reply

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