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Delicacy for lunch

I wonder if other households eat pumpkin flowers, but we do. And because they are available only during the monsoons, we eat them every day we get them.

The most popular way to eat them is to coat them with a batter of besan, curd, turmeric, chilli, and salt and fry them. They are absolutely delectable with their slight, flat spongness and the traditional, seasoned batter.

But there’s another way to have them as well, without batter. Simply coat them with a little oil, chilli, salt, and turmeric and shallow fry them. I absolutely love the taste of pumpkin flowers, so I don’t quite care for the besan coating too much.

This afternoon, I had these fried pumpkin flowers with steaming hot rice and kashundi. (Bengali-style mustard paste.) Gorgeous!

Comments

Unknown said…
hmm .. i don't think i've ever even seen them. hmm ..
Mukta Raut said…
HI NON,

You should try it!
anumita said…
You suddenly reminded me of this now! I remember having it as a kid and then got a little confused as time passed and wondered if it was indeed pumpkin flowers or something else that I used to like... or did I dream about it all...! I have to have it now! Thanks.
Mukta Raut said…
Hi Anumita,

When u going to have it? can i come over?

he he he! Oh and so sorry about not having emailed you earlier. Will email you soon!

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