Pumkins

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Although Pumkin is the vegitable grown in hot summer but it is
 called the vegitable of winter because all over the world people
 use it in winter. In Chitral, specially people love it. In Chitrali
language it is called "Shreen Alook". According to wikipedia.com 
alone in  US its production is about 1.5 billion pounds 
(680,000,000 kilograms or 680,000 tonnes).
In Chitral production data for Pumpkin is not availabel. But it is 
very popular among the masses. In winter every household in some way arrange 
minimum one or two rather buy it or beg it  from some one. Here people 
use it  as main dish coocked with more spices. Some time use it as sauce made of it
along side main dish. 

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