Bhopalyache Gharge or Sweet Pumpkin Puri - classic Pumpkin recipe made in Marathi homes

 Bhopalyache Gharge - sweet pumpkin puri with all goodness of pumkin and jaggery . Can have this with tea or as light dinner :)

Quantity - Makes around 20/25 regular sized puris

Ingredients - 

Grated Pumpkin - 2 cups 

Jaggery - 1 cup

Ghee - as required

Rice flour - 1 and half cup

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Nutmeg - a pinch 

Salt - as per taste

Oil - for deep frying puri


Procedure -

1. Firstly , wash and grate pumpkin . You will need 2 cups of grated Pumpkin here . You can also use unsweetened pumpkin puree for this .

2. Next grate jaggery or use powdered jaggery . Now in a kadai , heat ghee and add the grate jaggery and grated pumpkin . Mix everything and let it cook nicely . Once cooked , pumpkin will start leaving from sides of the kadai . Do not make it too try .

3. Now let the cooked pumpkin jaggery mixture cool down completely . Once cooled , add wheat flour and rice flour . Add salt as per taste , cardamom , nutmeg and start mixing everything together to form a soft dough . Do not add any water as water from pumkin is enough to knead it into a dough . If its becoming too dry or not forming a dough , you can add ghee and sprinkle little water to make it wet . 

4. Make small balls from the prepared dough and roll them into regular sized puris . In meanwhile heat oil in another kadai for frying . Make sure oil is hot before you start frying . 

5. Rolling puris is a bit hard , as the dough is very soft . Best way is to use your fingers and tap till it becomes a puri . Use a ziplock bag - cut it from 2 sides and use that to assist you in rolling into a puri . 

6. Fry the puris till they get nice golden color . 

Serve hot with lots of ghee on top :)

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