Potol Bata ( Pointed gourd in poppy seeds )

   

Potol Bata(Grated pointed gourd in poppy seeds paste)

   Ever since I have got married ,and stepped into my in laws place ,I have been hearing many a praises of this recipe.The patol bata,bata in Bengali means a ground paste,and in this case it was the parval or patol grated  and cooked in poppy seeds.the Bengali vegetarian cuisine has many such bata,especially done with different varieties of yam and the mash is cooked in varied spices.This particular mash of parval is my mother in law's recipe or my grandmother in law's (my mother in law's mother) recipe to be more precise.Since it is one of my husband's favourite things I wasted no time in learning it.Now in course of time my daughter"s have also started liking it.

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Ingredients
1-Pointed gourds or parval -11 to 12 in number(peeled and grated)
2-Khus khus or poppy seeds-2 tablespoon
3-salt-as per taste
4-sugar-1 teaspoon
5-turmeric-1 teaspoon
6-Green chillies-4 ( you can reduce or increase the number as per your taste)
7-Oil-1 big tablespoon-preferably mustard


Method 
1-Soak the khus khus in little water for about 15 minutes

2-Grind to a little coarse paste with the green chillies by putting little water at  a
time

3-Peel the pointed gourds or parvals as shown in the pic and grate then relatively long

4-Heat oil in a pan

5-Put in the grated pointed gourds with the salt and the turmeric

6-Mix and stir well for sometime,keep spreading out the mixture on the pan

7-  After about 5 minutes add the khus khus paste(it has the ground green chilli in it)

8- Stir and mix well again

9-Now cover and cook in low flame for about 10 minutes

10-  open the lid,put on high flame and dry out the mixture well,then add the sugar

11-Mix again till the mixture turns slightly red at the bottom and gives out the aroma of fried khus khus
.

12-Done, now serve with hot steamed rice

Step by step pictorial

Poppy seeds paste

Heat oil in a pan

                             Put in the grated pointed gourds with the salt and the turmeric

                                          Mix and stir well for sometime,keep spreading out the mixture on the pan

                            After about 5 minutes add the khus khus paste(it has the ground green chilli in it)

                    Stir and mix well again

 

                                    Now cover and cook in low flame for about 10 minutes

                                        Open the lid,put on high flame and dry out the mixture well,then add the sugar

                          Mix again till the mixture turns slightly red at the bottom and gives out the aroma of fried khus khus.

Done,now serve with hot steamed rice