Sweet White Gourd Preserve

Murumbo

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Preparation info
  • Makes approximately

    4 kg

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The World of Parsi Cooking: Food Across Borders

By Niloufer Mavalvala

Published 2019

  • About

An accompaniment that is sweet and centuries old, Murumbo has been a side kick to the famous Dhansak: nothing screams ‘Parsi’ more loudly than this meat and lentil dish served at Ghambars (community style served meal) and on Sundays in most Parsi homes where it is almost considered sacrilegious to have anything else. This aromatic sweet condiment is looked forward to by the not-so-hard-to-find sweet toothed Parsi. Murumbo was often made from mangoes, dodhi