Recipe: Perfect Kumro Shaag Chorchori (Pumpkin Leaves Curry)

Kumro Shaag Chorchori (Pumpkin Leaves Curry).

You can have Kumro Shaag Chorchori (Pumpkin Leaves Curry) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kumro Shaag Chorchori (Pumpkin Leaves Curry)

1. It's 2-3 cups of Pumpkin leaves & tender twigs, washed, drained and chopped.
2. Prepare 2-3 tbsp. of mustard oil.
3. Prepare 1 tsp. of panch phoron (onion, fennel, fenugreek, mustard & cumin seeds).
4. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
5. Prepare 1-2 of green chilies, slit.
6. You need 8-10 of bori / vadi (sun dried lentil dumplings).
7. You need 1 tsp. of ginger, grated.
8. Prepare 1 cup of each of veggies (potatoes, pumpkin, raddish, eggplants, ridge gourd, broad beans), chopped lengthwise.
9. It's 1/2 cup of frozen peas.
10. It's to taste of salt.
11. You need 1 tsp. of turmeric powder.
12. It's 1 tsp. of coriander-cumin powder.
13. It's 1 tbsp. of kasundi / mustard paste.

Kumro Shaag Chorchori (Pumpkin Leaves Curry) instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan and fry the bori / vadi till golden colour. Drain and keep aside. Temper the same oil with bay leaves and panch phoron. Saute till it stops spluttering..
2. Add the ginger and green chilies..
3. Add all the veggies and turmeric powder. Saute till light brown..
4. Add chopped twigs, greens, salt, fried vadi, coriander-cumin powder & green peas. Mix everything well. Cover and cook till done. Sprinkle water at intervals..
5. When done, add kasundi & mix well. Stir fry for a few seconds..
6. Serve as a side dish with rice or chapatis..
7. 1. If not using kasundi, them grind 1 tbsp. mustard seeds along with 1-2 green chilies and a pinch of turmeric powder. 2. Instead of mustard paste, you can add 1 tsp. ghee to the end product. 3. Bori (dried lentil dumplings) can also be substituted for prawns in the non-veg. version. 4. Apart from the veggies I have used, you can also add raw papayas, drumstick, carrots, beans and /or parwal (pointed gourd)..