A method is described of producing a foodstuff in which pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima or Cucurbita moschata), carrot (Daucus carota subspecies sativus), or sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), are used as substitutes for additives in the commercial and industrial manufacture of the foodstuffs Shahi Mutter Paneer, Shahi Korma and Lamb Pasanda. The vegetables are peeled, cut, boiled, pulped, sieved and smoothed prior to being used as food additives.