Ingredients:
Tender ridge gourd – 300 gms,
Onion – 2 medium, sliced fine,
Green chilli – 4 chopped fine,
Dhania powder – 1 tablesp
Garam masala – 1/4 tsp,
Jeera – 1/4 tsp,
Haldi – 2 pinch,
Salt,
Oil – 3 Tablesp,
Peeled and crushed garlic cloves – 6,
Ginger garlic paste – 3/4 tsp,
Curry leaves – few,
Chopped coriander leaves – 1 tablesp,
Thick tamarind paste – 1/4 tsp, ( optional ).
Tomato – 1 medium, chopped fine,
Method:
1).Wash, scrape the skin of gourds, check for bitterness and cut into 1 inch pieces ( .or you can roughly chop them ). Sprinkle salt over the pieces and gently crush the gourd pieces with clean hand. Keep it aside.
2). In a blender put chillies, garlic, haldi, using pulse ,prepare a course paste.
3).Add gourd pieces to the blender along with its juice and pulse twice. Remove the ground paste into a bowl.
4).Heat oil in a kadai, add onions, jeera, green chilli, curry leaves and fry till onion becomes soft. Add tomato and fry till it becomes pulpy. Add ginger garlic paste , dhania powder and fry till the raw smell of ginger garlic disappears.
5).Add the course ground paste, garam masala and fry under low flame till all the ingredients are blended well and oil appears at the edges. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves and remove from flame.
6).Serve this yummy side dish with hot plain rice/ rice preparations /chapathi / poori etc.
Tip:
You can go through my other interesting recipes with beerakaya / ridge gourd.