Published on : 22 Sep 2025, 8:59 am

Pumpkin flowers are high in nutritional value. It is harvested throughout the year in Odisha. Whenever we visit our native village, we find this flower in every nook and corner of every house’s garden.

I love natural healthy recipes. So, I curated this recipe in 2022 during a visit to my native village. I just added the cheese stuffing to make it more flavourful and give an Italian twist to a desi recipe.

Kakharu phoola pakoda (Cheesy Pumpkin flower fritters)

Ingredients

Pumpkin flowers – 2 pieces

Grated cheese cubes (Britannia) – 5 tsp

Grated apple – 3 tsp

Chopped onions – 3 tsp

Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Gram flour – 5 tsp

Rice bran oil – 2 tsp

Nigella seeds – 1 tsp

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Method

To make cheesy pumpkin flower fritters, first wa

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