- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- 2 tinda
- Time
- 40 min
- Texture
- Soft
- Season
- Spring–summer
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Cooling
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round gourd (tinda) | 8 small, cored | 400 g | 2000 g | |
| Paneer (cow's milk) | crumbled | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Coriander seed / powder | 1½ tsp | 3 g | 15 g | |
| Fennel (saunf) | ½ tsp powder | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Dry mango powder (amchur) | ½ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Turmeric powder | ⅛ tsp | 0.5 g | 2.5 g | |
| Ginger, fresh | 1½ tsp | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | ½ tsp | 3 g | 15 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 2 tsp | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Tomato | 1, puréed | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Water | ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp | 100 ml | 500 ml |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Peel tinda; scoop a little centre; mix scooped flesh with paneer, spices and salt.
Step 2: Stuff; steam 12 minutes.
Step 3: Cook tomato purée in ghee 5 minutes with water; add tinda; simmer covered 6 minutes.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
93kcal
Energy
4.5g
Protein
6g
Fat
5.6g
Carbohydrate
1.7g
Fibre
0.8g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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