Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Potala rasa / Pointed gourd rasa

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Potala rasa / Pointed gourd rasa. Odia Style Pointed Gourd Curry is a most popular curry using Pointed Gourd from Odia Cuisine. This goes very well with steamed rice, roti or even paratha. The color of the gravy here comes by the sugar caramelization as well as by the use of the red chili powder.

The rasa / the gravy here has a very smooth consistency, so the ingredinets for the gravy has to be grounded into very fine paste.

This is one of the most popular curry dish which goes very well with steamed rice, roti or even paratha.

Aloo potala rasa is a spicy curry prepared with potatoes and pointed gourd.

You can have Potala rasa / Pointed gourd rasa using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Potala rasa / Pointed gourd rasa

1. You need 1 of big size onion.

2. Prepare 2 of Green chillies.

3. It’s of ginger.

4. Prepare of Garlic.

5. Prepare 2 of tomatos puree.

6. It’s of Cashew, magaj paste.

7. You need 1/2 of tbsTurmeric powder.

8. Prepare 1/2 of tbsChilli powder.

9. You need 1/2 tbs of Coriander powder.

10. You need 1/2 of tbsCumin seeds powder.

11. You need 1/2 of tbsGaram masala.

12. You need of Salt.

13. You need 1 tbs of cumin seeds.

14. You need leaf of Bay.

15. Prepare of Oil.

16. You need of Water.

17. It’s of Chopped Pointed gourd.

18. You need of Chopped potatoes.

It is one of the popular curries from the state of Odisha.

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Potala as you all know is the Odia name for Parwal or Pointed Gourd and Rasa means gravy.

Potala rasa / Pointed gourd rasa instructions

1. Blend onion, green chillies, ginger, garlic into fine paste.

2. Take a pan and fry the chopped pointed gourd and chopped potato separately..

3. In the same oil add cumin seeds and bay leaves fry them for a while. Add the onion paste in it and fry them. Then add the tomato puree and cook for a while..

4. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin seeds powder, coriander powder, salt and mix them well. Cook till the masalas are properly cooked. Add the pointed gourd and potatoes in it and mix them well..

5. Add the cashew paste to the mixture and add some water. Mix them well. Cook them in a low - medium flame till it properly cooked. Sprinkle with some garam masala and mix them..

In this recipe, Parwal is cooked with coconut, poppy seed and cashew nut gravy and all spices to give the dish a rich feel.

This curry is mainly made during religious festivals when the uses of onion and garlic food is prohibited.

The stuffing makes it irresistible for kids to say no to this.

We call pointed gourd as potala.

Generally we prepare potala Rasa in functions for the vegetarians. its a healthy vegetable.