Mishti Kumro Bhorta (Red Pumpkin Bharta / Pumpkin Mash - Bong style)

 

            Mishti Kumro Bhorta (Red Pumpkin Bharta) is a simple comforting Bong style dish as it needs very few basic ingredients. It takes very little time to prepare and tastes just divine with hot steamed rice. This traditional dish is almost a lost recipe now and has its origin in the rural parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh. This recipe has a nice garlic flavor and the addition of raw mustard oil and lime juice to the finished product gives a great punch to the dish.

           You need to savor it to believe how this easy to prepare dish can be so yummy and amazing. It is just divine. So when you are looking for something simple, go ahead and try this comforting and soulful dish of Mishti Kumro Bhorta. Do check out the step by step pictorial recipe to prepare this must try regional chutney.

• 400 gms. pumpkin, cubed
• 2 tbsp. mustard oil
• 3-4 dry red chilies or as required
• 4-5 garlic cloves
• 2 onion, sliced
• 1/4 tsp. salt or to taste
• handful of coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 tsp. lime juice

          Heat 1 tbsp. mustard oil in a pan and sauté the dry red chilies, garlic and one sliced onion separately till light brown. Keep aside to cool and then mash them coarsely along with 1/4 tsp. of salt. 

          In the same oil sauté the pumpkin till well browned. Keep mashing it in the process with your ladle. Set aside to cool slightly. Then add it to the mashed onion-garlic mix. Combine everything well. 

          To this mix, add the remaining sliced onion, coriander leaves, lime juice and remaining mustard oil. Mix everything well and serve with hot steamed rice. 

Heat 1 tbsp. mustard oil in a pan and sauté the dry red chilies,

                       garlic and

               one sliced onion separately till light brown. 

                     Keep aside to cool.

             Then mash them coarsely along with 1/4 tsp. of salt. 

                 In the same oil add the pumpkin and ....

                sauté the pumpkin till well browned. 

Keep mashing it in the process with your ladle. Set aside to cool slightly. 

Then add it to the mashed onion-garlic mix. Combine everything well. 

To this mix, add the remaining sliced onion, coriander leaves, lime juice & remaining mustard oil.

                    Mix everything well.

                  Enjoy with hot steamed rice.