Ambal
Ambal, from above
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Ambal

Pumpkin cooked sweet and sour with tamarind and jaggery. Dogra wedding essential.

35 minTime
2 gProtein each
mildSpice
Sweet and sour pumpkin1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayMustard oil, tamarind and jaggery.
The original
181kcalsame
2 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
35minutessame

Ambal as Dogra homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Pumpkin600 g, cubed
Tamarinda lemon sized ball
Jaggery¼ cup
Mustard oil2 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds½ tsp
Fennel seeds1 tsp
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp
Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp
Cumin seeds½ tsp
Water¾ cup
Saltto taste

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Heat mustard oil to smoking and cool slightly; add fenugreek, fennel and cumin.
  2. 2Add pumpkin, turmeric, chilli and salt; cook covered until soft.
  3. 3Add tamarind water and jaggery; simmer until thick and glossy.
Serve it like this

Serve warm as a side with rice, rajma and khatta meat.

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What goes with Ambal: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
With a main Rajma chawal65 min
With a main Khatta meat75 min
With a main Kadhi pakora60 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
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