Ridge Gourd /Turai Chutney
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This chutney combines the green vegetable plus protein from daal and makes it a very tempting and mouth watering side dish. You can eat it with idli, dosa or paratha or just take a generous helping with hot steamed rice and a blob of ghee and yummy chutney rice is ready.
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Ingredients
- 250 gms ridge gourd turai
- 2 tablespoon of cooking oil
- 5 to 6 whole red chillies you can reduce as per taste
- 3 tablespoon of toor daal
- 1/4 tsp hing powder
- Tamarind the size of a small cherry
- 5 to 6 sprigs of coriander or curry leaves
- salt 1/2 tsp or as per taste
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Instructions
- Remove skin of the ridge gourd or u can retain it and cut into cubes. Heat oil in a pan and add daal, hing red chillies and saute for two mins till daal turns golden.
- Now add the cut ridge gourd and tamarind and coriander sprigs and salt and saute on high flame for 5 minutes,. It will reduce a bit and water will ooze out of the gourd.
- Remove on a plate and cool and then grind in the chutney jar to a smooth paste. Delicious chutney is ready to serve.
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