Ridge Gourd Chutney Ingredients:
- Coconut grated – 1 cup
- Coconut Oil – 1 tsp
- Red Chillies – 4-5
- Urad Dal – 2 tsp
- Curry leaves – 5-6 leaves
- Ridge Gourd – 1 small
- Tamarind pulp – 1/2 tsp
- Salt
Method:
Wash thoroughly and peel out Ridge Gourd outer covering. Cut it into small pieces and bake it in pressure cooker or in Microwave for 2 min.
In a frying pan (Oggarane Pan), heat coconut oil. Add Urad dal to it. When urad dal becomes lite golden brown, add washed and cleaned Curry leaves and Red Chillies. Fry until color of chillies changes slightly. Remove from the flame.
In a mixer grinder, take the above fried mixture; add grated Coconut, baked Ridge Gourd, Tamarind Pulp and Salt. Grind and make it a smooth paste like Chutney.
Ridge Gourd Gojju can be had with plain rice or with Dosa/Idly as well. My family simply loves it since it tastes great with plain hot rice.
This is one of my favourite gojju’s.I substitute green chillies for red and add about 1/4th the coconut though
Thanks for the recipe, mom out on a tour and was thinking of what to do with the hirekai and found this great recipe