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Parwal is a vegetable from gourd family. It can be prepared in many ways. Today I have made a parwal do pyaza where it is cooked with lots of onions and spices. Here is the recipe. All you need is Parwal \ Pointed gourd - 8-10 Oil - 4 tbsp Dry red chilies - 3-4 Black peppercorns - 5-6 Cloves - 3-4 Black cardamom - 1-2 Green cardamom - 2-3 Cinnamon - 1 inch piece Onion - 2 cups ( Thinly sliced ) Ginger - 1 inch piece ( crushed ) Garlic - 5-6 cloves ( crushed ) Tomato puree - 2 tbsp Thick yogurt - 2 tbsp Coriander powder - 3 tsp Turmeric powder - 1\2 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder - 2 tsp Roasted cumin powder - 1\2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1\2 tsp Salt to taste lemon juice - 2 tsp Fresh coriander to garnish Method of preparation Wash the parwal and peel into alternate stripes. Cut it into 2 pieces and remove any hard seeds if there. Add parwal in  apan and add 1\4 water. Cover and cook till parwal are little soft. Add oil in a heavy bottom pan. When the oil is hot, add dry red chilie...