North Indian
Kaddu Sabzi
Kaddu Sabzi is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb pumpkin
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 green chilies
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 3/4 tsp amchur
- 1 tbsp jaggery
- 3 tbsp neutral oil
- 3 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Peel the pumpkin and cut it into rough bite-size cubes.
- Heat the oil in a pan and let the cumin and fennel seeds sizzle with the slit green chilies.
- Stir in the turmeric, chili powder, and coriander, then add the pumpkin and salt and toss to coat.
- Cover and cook on medium-low, mashing lightly, until the pumpkin is soft and jammy, about 18 minutes.
- Stir in the amchur and jaggery for a sweet and tangy finish, cook 2 minutes, and top with cilantro.
- Serve hot with roti or puri.
Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kaddu Sabzi, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Kaddu Sabzi carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Kaddu Sabzi takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on pumpkin and cumin.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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