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Priyanka Prabhu
My next recipe is a simple side dish made out of Ridgegourd (Hirekayi in Kannada or Ghosale in Konkani).
Ridgegourd is full of fibrous content and is very good for health and one’s digestion. It is one of my favorite vegetable. Ridgegourd can be used along with other vegetables. But it is mainly used to prepare Uppukari. This recipe hardly takes 10-15 minutes once all the ingredients are ready. You don’t need any special ingredients for it, the ingredients that you use regularly for cooking other recipes is enough. We at home prepare this dish with many other vegetables as well but I will be using Ridgegourd in here. The recipe is called “Ghosale Uppukari” in Konkani.
INGREDIENTS: (for 4 members)
3 Long Ridgegourd Vegetable
Half a glass of Water
2 Dried Long Red Chilies
10 Curry Leaves
1 tsp Urad Dal (u can add more if u wish)
3 tsp coconut Oil
2 tsp of Mustard Seeds
Small piece of Jaggery
Salt for taste (I tsp of crystal salt or 2 tsp of powdered salt)
PROCEDURE TO PREPARE:
1) Peel the skin of Ridgegourd and cut it into smaller pieces (preferably square shape).
2) Wash the cut Ridgegourd properly once.
3) Keep the utensil or Kadai over flame and start preparing for its seasoning.
4) Now add Coconut Oil into the Kadai along with it add Urad Dal, Curry Leaves and Dried Red Chilies to the heated Coconut oil.
5) Once the Mustard seeds start popping up because of heat add the washed Ridgegourd into the Kadai.
6) Now add half a glass of water
7) Add the salt according to taste or as I have mentioned in the ingredients section.
8) Add Jaggery to the boiling Ridgegourd pieces.
9) Boil this for about 10 minutes (initially let it boil over high flame and later just boil Ridgegourd Uppukari in low flame)
10) Your Ridgegourd Uppukari/Hirekayi Palya/Ghosale Uppukari is readily instantly…….
One more tip I would like to give is don’t add too much of water to vegetables like Ridgegourd and Snakegourd when boiling it because they release water when they get boiled: so add only little water for it to boil.
You can taste this recipe along with White Rice, Dal (Dalithoy) for afternoon lunch or the dinner; it’s a perfect combination to taste.
Hope you all have enjoyed this recipe.I will be back with more recipes, till then Eat healthy food and stay fit…………….
Thank you Once again
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