পটল(pôţol)

[Bengali]

Pointed gourd, often called the green potato. It is related to cucumbers and looks like a swollen courgette (US: zucchini). Like other relatives, such as the ridged gourd, it is used to bulk up soups, stews and curries, or sweetened, or eaten fried and as dorma with roe stuffing.

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