Tasty Pumpkin Potato Vegetables

Ingredients

• 200 gm pumpkin cut to 1/2 inch cubes
• 100 gm potato cut 1/4 inch cubes
• Pumpkin greens - 4 or 5 tender, growing ends of the plant, cut about 6, long
• 2 tbsp grated coconut
• 1 green chilli, deseeded
• 1 tsp oil
• 1/8th tsp onion seeds / poppy seeds
• salt - to taste
• a pinch of jaggery

Method

Clean the pumpkin greens, remove the tendrils and roughly chop all leaves and stems that are tender and can be broken easily with your fingers.Heat oil in a wok. To the hot oil add the onion seeds and green chilli and stir for 20 seconds. Add the potatoes and sauté for 2 minutes on a medium fire. Add the pumpkin pieces, coconut, pumpkin greens, salt, jaggery and 1/2 cup of water. Boil for about 4 minutes, covered , on a slow fire. There should be no extra gravy. The vegetables should be soft, emitting a sweetish flavour when done. Serve with rice, chapatties or other grain.