ridge gourd recipe | ridge gourd dal. பீர்க்கங்காய் பருப்பு, (This veggie is called as peerkangai in Tamil) Dal with rice is always comforting food for cooking and eating as well. Dal is a main part of the south Indian lunch menu. This dal with ridge gourd is a good combination. Because this veggie combines nicely with the dal and makes the dal smooth and also slimy. Ridge gourd is a low rated veggie by many of us, I am sure this dal recipe will be good to make boring veggie into our favorite one. Even though Making ridge dal is a simple one, the dal is delicious with hot rice, chapati, and dosa or idlis.
While selecting the ridge gourd, select tender one (tender ridge gourd will be flexible when compare to matured one) the tender ridge gourd or young one will be easily identified by its appearance, the outer skin looks soft and flexible. Especially for making ridge gourd dal, we need tender one.
The matured ridge gourd is not good for cooking, it gives bitter taste too
Let us see how to make ridge gourd dal (ridge gourd recipe).
written recipe and stepwise picture recipe for ridge gourd dal:
ridge gourd recipe | ridge gourd dal recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 dry red chilly
- 2 green chilly
- few curry leaves
- 4 garlic cloves
- 5 shallots
- 1 tomato(chopped) (small-sized)
- 1 ridge gourd (peeled, chopped)
- 1 tsp red chilly powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ cup thor dal (cooked)
- coriander leaves for garnish
- 1 tbsp ghee
Instructions
Cooking Thor dal:
- Firstly, take 1/2 cup of rinsed thor dal in a pressure cooker, pour in 2 cups of water
- pressure cook for 7 whistles in medium flame
- After pressure released, open the lid, keep aside for later use
Chopping the Ridge gourd:
- Firstly, peel off the ridges of ridge gourd and discard
- Then peel off the skin, (we can reserve this skin for making chutney)
- chop the ridge gourd into cubes.
Making Ridge gourd Dal:
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, splutter 1 tsp of mustard seeds, and cumin seeds. Add in dry red chilly and green chilly, curry leaves, garlic cloves, shallots. saute well
- Next, add chopped ridge gourd, salt, saute well
- And then add 1 tsp of coriander powder and 1 tsp of chilly powder, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, just mix for 30 seconds in low flame
- next add 1 tomato chopped, mix well, cover and cook for 5 minutes
- then add cooked dal and mix well
- bring into boil, boil it for few minutes
- and then turn off the flame, add coriander leaves.
- Serve with rice with ghee.(and also with rotis too)
Stepwise-Picture Recipe for ridge gourd recipe | ridge gourd dal :
before starting to cook, ridge gourd dal, pressure cook the thor dal:
- Firstly, take 1/2 cup of rinsed thor dal in a pressure cooker, pour in 2 cups of water
- pressure cook for 7 whistles in medium flame
- Open the lid after pressure got released naturally, and keep aside
Making Ridge gourd dal (ridge gourd recipe):
Now the ridge gourd dal is ready.
How to peel & chop the ridge gourd for all the ridge gourd recipe :
ridge gourd peel chutney)
Note:
For ridge gourd recipe, Selecting the veggie is important, choose tender one for making ridge gourd dal.
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