Ridge gourd chutney. Vahchef is very fond of cooking and her Recipes are very unique and fit for busy women specially working women DESCRIPTION: Ridge Gourd Peel Chutney. Beerakaya pachadi is ridge gourd chutney, one of the most basic and popular chutneys that is prepared in most andhra homes. It can be served with steamed plain rice or chapathi.
It can also be had along with dosas, idlis and puris. Cut the ridge gourd into small pieces. Add oil in a kadai and saute veggies and green. You can have Ridge gourd chutney using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Ridge gourd chutney
- It's 2 cups of ridge gourd chopped,(without removing viens).
- Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped tomato.
- Prepare 2 1/2 tsp of sesame seeds.
- Prepare 3-4 of chopped green chillies / red chillies.
- You need 1 cup of chana dal, urad dal.
- You need 1/2 of cumin, sugar, salt, turmarind.
- You need 2 tbsp of oil.
Ridge gourd is know as turai in Hindi, Heerekai in Kannada, beerakai in Telugu, peechinga in Malayalam and peerkangai in Tamil. This is a healthy and tasty chutney made using ridge gourd pulp. Ridge Gourd or Beerakaya is a vegetable I haven't seen much in Kottayam. I finally ended up trying this Ridge Gourd chutney with lots of coriander leaves and it came together really quickly and easily.
Ridge gourd chutney instructions
- Dry roast chana dal & urad dal until it golden. Fry red/ green chilli & add cumin to hot pan."1 tblspn oil for fry(opotional).".
- To the same pan add oil & fry ridge gourd until they cooked for 10 min. Aside it fo cool..
- Fry tomato until mash & add little slice garlic..
- Powder the dal & red chilli. Add gourd, tomato, turmaind, salt, 1/2 spn sugar & garlic blend to smooth paste..
- "In a pan add 1 tblspn oil add red chilli, cumin, curry leaves, hing. Pour this to chutney... (optional)".
Ridge gourd chutney is one of the easiest spiced healthy dip made with few ingredients. You can skip onions if you do not want to add it. Ridge gourd tastes so delicious that it goes well with white rice. Ridge Gourd Peel Chutney tastes heavenly when mixed with rice along with a dash of til oil. It can also be had along with dosas,idlis,puris, and just about any dish.