Chal Potol (Rice with pointed gourd)

Name: Chal Potol (Rice with pointed gourd)
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5 pointed gourd peeled and cut into 2 or 3 halves; 1 cup gobindo bhog rice (fragnant rice); 1 medium sized tomato chopped; 4 green chillies slitted; 2 green cardamom; 2 cloves; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 1 bay leaf; 1 dry red chilli; 1 teaspoon ginger paste; 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder; 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder; 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1 teaspoon garam masala powder; 1 tablespoon ghee; As required Vegetable oil; As required Salt; As required Sugar

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

#indiankitchen Chal Potol is a Bengali delicacy. I think many of you have heard about "Muri Ghonto". Chal Potol is basically the vegetarian version of "muri ghonto". It is basically the Pulao kind of preparation having fried pointed gourd in it.

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

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Ingredients

40min

3 servings

5pointed gourd peeled and cut into 2 or 3 halves
1 cupgobindo bhog rice (fragnant rice)
1medium sized tomato chopped
4green chillies slitted
2green cardamom
2cloves
1 inchcinnamon stick
1bay leaf
1dry red chilli
1 teaspoonginger paste
1/2 teaspooncumin powder
1/2 teaspooncoriander powder
1 teaspoonturmeric powder
1 teaspooncumin seeds
1 teaspoonred chilli powder
1 teaspoongaram masala powder
1 tablespoonghee
As requiredVegetable oil
As requiredSalt
As requiredSugar

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Steps

40min

1

Heat some oil in a wok. Add the pointed gourd and 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder and some salt as per the pointed gourd. Deep fry them and keep them aside.
2

Heat some more oil in a wok if required, and add the cloves, green cardamom, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds, dry red chilli and bay leaf.
3

Let them splutter.
4

Add the chopped tomatoes and fry them well.
5

Add the rest of the turmeric powder, ginger paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and fry the masala altogether.
6

Wash the rice and keep it aside so that it becomes dry.
7

Add the rice and slitted green chillies in it and fry it well.
8

Add 2 cups of water and some salt and sugar as per the rice.
9

Cover it with a lid. Wait until the rice are half cooked.
10

Add the fried pointed gourds. Mix them well and again keep it covered.
11

Wait till the moisture dissapears. Check whether the rice and the pointed gourds are cooked well.
12

Add the garam masala powder and ghee.
13

Mix them well and serve hot.