Bharwa Tinda Masaledar

Facts of Tinda

Tinda, a vegetable more widely used in the northern part of India, looks more or less like a green tomato. They are also called as Indian round gourd or apple gourd. It is believed to a good source of Vitamin A and is the only vegetable belonging to the Praecitrullus family and cannot be classified into different Tinda types.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 4-5 medium size Tinda’s
• 2 tsp Besan/Gram Flour
• 1 /2 tsp Garlic
• 1 /2 tsp ginger
• 2 Green Chillies
• Salt(according to taste)
• 3 tsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Haldi
• 2 tsp Dhania( dry coriander)
• Tomato puree of two tomatoes
• 1 tsp Green Coriander chopped
• 1 tsp Jeera
• 2 finely chopped Onions
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala

Method

Preparing Tinda for Stuffing

• Wash and slightly peel or scrub the tindas out side; cut the top and keep it for use later;remove the seeds and other tender parts from inside to use it for stuffing.
• Mix little salt with 1 tea spoon lemon juice and apply inner side of the tinda's
• Keep them for marinating for 10 to 15 minutes.

Stuffing for Tinda

• Heat a pan with 1 tea spoon of oil, add jeera , green chilli, ½ finely chopped chopped onion, dhania powder, inside seed of tinda, salt and fry for a while.
• Add besan to it,fry it for 2 minutes , constantly stir it and then allow it to cool.
• Now the stuffing is ready.

Method(Stuffing and cooking of Tinda)

• Fill the tindas with stuffing; cover it with tinda tops and cook in microwave full power for 5 minutes only (you can cook them directly in pan on sim gas for altleast 7-8 minutes.
• Now heat a pan with 2 tea spoon of oil; sprinkle little jeera, chopped onions , ginger, green chilles and garlic to it.
• When they are golden then add tomato puri to it , add dhania powder, garam masala, haldi and salt to it.
• When the above mix is cooked( i.e little oil is coming out of it) then add micro cooked tindas, cook for 2 minutes by turning all sides (if you don’t micro, cook frying time will increase); use a tooth pick to check tinda , if is soft and cooked.
• Your delicious bharwa tinda is ready add finely chopped coriander leaves to it.

Serve it hot with roti’s.