LAL BHOPLYACHYA GHARGE / FRIED RED PUMPKIN PURIS #BREADBAKERS

Gharge is basically a sweet bread that has red pumpkin as one if its main ingredient.  Gharge is a very traditional recipe of Maharashtra which is made Red Pumpkin, in Marathi it's called Lal Bhopla.  For festivals and puja these puris are mostly prepared.  

These were on my to do list for a long time.  When the theme was given for this month, was very happy.  This was first thing that came to my mind... and here it is... Lal Bhoplyachya Gharge.   Red Pumpkin is cooked once a week in my house since hubby loves it.   Although  these puris  are loved by all they rarely prepared since these are  deep fried.   They have a sweet taste with an awesome flavor of fennel seeds, which are not added in the puris by us traditionally.  But I love playing with ingredients, this really worked and everyone enjoyed these puris.  Here is  my recipe ..

Ingredients

1 Cup  Lal Bhopla / Red Pumpkin -  cut into cubes
1/2 Cup Gul / Jaggery -  grated 
1/2 Teaspoon Cardamon powder

1 Teaspoon Fennels seeds - coarsely ground

1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder 

2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour

A Pinch Salt 
Oil as  required  to  deep fry

Method

Steam the pumpkin  without using water in a pan till done, take off flame,  when slightly cool  mash it to a smooth paste.

  
Mix the jaggery with the pumpkin well.  Leave aside for 10 to 15 minutes for the jaggery to dissolve. Do not add water.

When the jaggery has dissolved completely, add to it a pinch of salt and a tablespoon oil, fennel and cardamon powder,  mix well, then add baking powder and  wheat flour a little at a time, add in only as much as required to  make a slightly stiff dough. Let this dough rest covered for at least  half an hour.

Take a big ball of dough.  Oil the rolling board and roll it into a 1/4 inch thick chappati, ( do not use dry flour for rolling).  Take a round cookie cutter and cut into puris. Arrange them in a single layer. Like wise make all the  puris. 

Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep fry each puri, till golden brown on both sides on medium high flame. 

Have these with a cup of tea for breakfast or as tiffin to your kids.   Enjoy  these soft, sweet and puffy puris.... 

Labels : Breads, Red Pumpkin, Festival Sweets, Bread Bakers, Kids delight, Vegan

Sending these to Bread Bakers September event wherein we had to use pumpkin or pumpkin spices in the bread. Host is: Kylee , thank you for hosting this event.

Bread Bakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

See here what are  fellow bakers have baked this month.

Breads with Pumpkin/Pumpkin Spice

• Almost Vegan Chocolate and Pumpkin Loaf Cake by Sizzling Tastebuds
• Brown Butter & Pumpkin Seed Scones by Food Above Gold
• Cinnamon Pumpkin Quick Bread by Food Lust People Love
• Cinnamon Spice Pumpkin Bread with Walnuts and a Trio of Frosting by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Hearty Whole Wheat Bread with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Italian Pumpkin Bread by Mayuri's Jikoni
• Lal Bhoplyachya Gharge by Sneha's Recipe
• Nutella Swirl Pumpkin Bread by Plated Cravings
• Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl by A Baker's House
• Pumpkin Cardamom Buns by Sara's Tasty Buds
• Pumpkin Chocolate Babka by House of Nash Eats
• Pumpkin Cornbread by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Pumpkin Dinner Rolls by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling by Cook's Hideout
• Pumpkin Pepita Muffin Tops by A Salad For All Seasons
• Pumpkin Pie Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls by Kylee Cooks
• Pumpkin Raisin Scones by Palatable Pastime
• Pumpkin Ricotta Pull Apart Buns by Food Smart Mom
• Pumpkin Sour Cherry Sourdough Bread by A Shaggy Dough Story
• Pumpkin Spice Ale Soft Pretzels by Baking Sense
• Pumpkin Spice Raisin Bread with Kinako by What Smells So Good?
• Pumpkin Spice Swirl Quickbread by Baking in Pyjamas
• Multigrain Pumpkin Bread by Herbivore Cucina
• Two Tone Pumpkin Bread by Passion Kneaded
• Whole Wheat Pumpkin Sandwich Loaf by Gayathri's Cook Spot
• Yeasted Pumpkin Bread by Veena’s Vegnation