Name: Sweet Watermelon with Garlic and Red Chiles (Tarbooz Ki Subzi)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon coarse kosher or sea salt; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 4 dried red Thai or cayenne chiles, stems removed; ½ teaspoon nigella seeds; 4 large cloves garlic, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems for garnishing; ½ teaspoon bishop’s weed; or ¼ teaspoon dried thyme mixed with ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 piece (about 3 pounds) seedless watermelon; 2 tablespoons canola oil

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

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In this delicacy from the desert region of Rajasthan, in northwestern India, common watermelon is transformed into an unusual curry—sweet, pungent, and juicy. I like to serve this watery curry with puffy fried pooris and pungent chile pickles (either store-bought or homemade.