MAIN (Buttermilk Soup)

Ingredients :
Muli 1 small size cut into 8-9 pieces
Pumpkin cut into 2inch cubes 6-7 pieces
Eggplant cut into 2 inch cubes 4-5 pieces
Okra 4-5 (cut it into long or small sizes as per your wish)
Oil 1tbsp
Yogurt 1 cup
Water 2 cups
Salt as per taste
Rice powder 1tbsp
Turmeric powder 1tsp
Kari patta 4-5 leaves
Panchphuran 1tsp (mix of five spices- jeera, meethi, sarson ,saunf & kala jeera)

Method :
Heat oil in a pan. Fry all the cut vegetables till they are all cooked. When the vegetables are done add turmeric powder and salt to it. In a bowl take yogurt. Add water and rice powder to it. Whisk it properly. Add it to the vegetables in the pan. Keep stirring it on a high flame till it starts boiling otherwise the yogurt will curdle. Let it boil properly for 5 minutes. Later if you like you can add the tadka of kari patta and panchphuran to it.

PS: Main is a favourite with the kalahandia household during the summer season.

Contributed by : Madhusmita Negi, Sambalpur, Orissa, India.