Chicken with pumpkin

Name: Chicken with pumpkin
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gm chicken; 500 gm pumpkin; 1 big onion cut into slices; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 2 medium size tomatoes chopped; 3-4 green chillies slit; 2 bay leaves,1 black cardamom, 5-6 pepper corns,2cloves; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 piece cinnamon stick; 1 tsp red Chilli powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tbsp roasted and crushed coriander seeds; Salt to taste; 1/4 cup oil; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; Coriander leaves for garnishing

Uzma Syed @syed786

Allahabad

#CA2025
#pumpkingosht
A very unique of chicken with pumpkin which is truly simple yet delicious and lip smacking.

Uzma Syed @syed786

Allahabad

#CA2025
#pumpkingosht
A very unique of chicken with pumpkin which is truly simple yet delicious and lip smacking.

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Ingredients

25-30 minutes.

2-3 servings

500 gmchicken
500 gmpumpkin
1big onion cut into slices
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
2medium size tomatoes chopped
3-4green chillies slit
2bay leaves,1 black cardamom, 5-6 pepper corns,2cloves
1 tspcumin seeds
1 piececinnamon stick
1 tspred Chilli powder
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tbsproasted and crushed coriander seeds
Salt to taste
1/4 cupoil
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
Coriander leaves for garnishing

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Steps

25-30 minutes.

1

Clean and wash the chicken. Wash the pumpkin and chopped into small pieces. In a vessel add oil heat it.add whole spices saute few seconds then add onion slices.
2

Add ginger garlic paste saute 30 seconds. Add chicken mix and cook on high flame around 5-6 minutes.now add chopped tomatoes and slit green chillies. Mix and cook for a minute.
3

Add salt and all spices except garam masala, add a little water mix and cook on medium flame till the chicken has half cooked and oil comes out.add the chopped pumpkin.mix gently
4

Cover and cook for 10-12 minute on medium flame stir occasionally.when pumpkin turns soft and chicken has tender well. Add garam masala powder.
5

Cook on high flame for 4-5 minutes and keep stirring.now the pumpkin and chicken cooked well together and oil released. Add chopped coriander leaves mix and switch off the flame.
Dish out and serve with roti or Naan.,

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Uzma Syed @syed786

on November 01, 2025 14:50

Allahabad

I love cooking.I am a teacher and life is too much busy and hettick but cooking is the only thing which doesn't make me tired or bored. I enjoy cooking and always try to learn new things. when I joined cookpad I got much energy and cookpad helps me to represent myself as a better homecook.