Healthy Kaddu (Dudhi) Aalu stew

Ingredients:

Kaddu (Dudhi) 1-2 lb, peeled and seed removed (if any,) cut into 1” pieces.
Potato, 1 medium size, scraped and cut into large pieces
Onion, 1 medium, thinly sliced
Soya nuggets 1/2 cup, (optional) soaked in the hot water for ½ hour and squeeze to removed the water.
Fresh tomato, 1 large, cut into pieces
Fresh coriander leaves 4-5 strings, chopped
Canola oil, 1 tablespoon,
Cumin, 1 t-spoon
Hing, 1 small pince
Bay leaves 1 pc.
Dry red chilly, 2-3, broken into half
Salt, 1-1/4 t-spoon or according to taste.
Turmeric powder, ½ t-spoon

Utensil: presser cooker and large spatula

Roughly pound or smash the following ingredients:

Garlic, 3 pc. Peeled.
Ginger, 1inch pc. Outer skin scraped
Cloves 2pc.
Green cardamom 1pc.
Large black cardamum 1 pc.
Black paper, ½ t-spoon
Cinnamon, 1” pc


Method:

1. In a cold pressure cooker (No kidding), put oil. Add Hing, cumin seed, bay leaves and broken red chilies; also add roughly smashed spices.
2. Now make a layer of sliced onion then soya nugget, Kaddu (Dudhi), potato and tomato. At very last add turmeric powder and salt. If Kaddu is very fresh then there is no need to add any water, but if Kaddu is little dry add ¼ cup of water. Close the cover of the pressure cooker and put it on the high heat.
3. After 2-whistle turn down the heat to low and cook it for additional 10-15 minutes (depending on freshness of Kaddu). Then turn off the heat and let cooker cool down so there is no pressure inside.
4. Now open the cooker and add chopped coriander leaves; mix the all vegetable well so all the flavor infused into each other.
5. Decorate with some more chopped coriander leaves.
6. Serve with roti or rice.