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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Heerekayi Bendi / Ridge Gourd Curry

Ingredients:
3 medium sized Ridge Gourd / Heerekayi
1 - 1 1/4 cup grated Coconut
3 - 4 Red Chillies
Grape sized Tamarind
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
Pinch of Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 cup cooked Yellow Lentils / Toor dal / Thogaribele
1 tsp Mustard seeds
3 - 4 Garlic pods
4 - 5 Curry leaves
2 tsp Oil

Recipe:
Peel the ridge gourds and chop them into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put the chopped ridge gourds, salt, turmeric powder, little amount of water and cook them well by covering a lid. Add the cooked yellow lentils and bring them to boil.

Dry roast the red chillies in microwave for few seconds and keep them aside for about 1-2 mins. Put dry roasted red chillies, grated coconut, tamarind, cumin seeds in a mixer and grind them to smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. (If it is frozen coconut, use hot water while grinding.)

Add this ground masala to the vessel containing cooked ridge gourd and bring them to boil. (Add water, salt if required.) Remove the outer cover of garlic pods and mash them. Put this mashed garlic in a pan, add 2 tsp oil and heat. Fry this in medium flame until they turn light golden in color. Add mustard seeds and fry. As soon as it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and then add it to curry. It goes well with Rice/Chapathis/Rottis.

4 comments:

kitchen queen said...

delicious ridgegourd curry to have with plain hot rice or chappathis.

Chaithrika said...

Huli-Menas Kodilu :-)

Chaithrika said...

ಹುಳಿ ಮೆಣಸು ಕೊದಿಲು :-)
- ಸಿಂಧೂ

PranisKitchen said...

really deliicous curry.. i like this veggie