Khatta Meetha Kaddu

When my mother included this in her weekly menu, I used to complain and make a big fuss. So she began talking to me about the goodness of pumpkin. Back then there was no talk about beta-carotene in orange-colored vegetables; all she said was, “It’s good for you, so eat it up.” Well, I am getting a dose of my own medicine now, because my daughters also screw up their noses at pumpkin. But when I started calling this dish khatta meetha (“sour and sweet”), they suddenly were more intere