Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, ridgegourd kootu/ peerkanga kootu/ turai sabzi. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Ridgegourd kootu/ Peerkanga kootu/ Turai sabzi is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Ridgegourd kootu/ Peerkanga kootu/ Turai sabzi is something which I have loved my whole life.
Peerkangai Kootu is an easy, wholesome South Indian Ridge Gourd Lentil Curry. A Tamil Brahmin Style Side dish for Chapati, Rice and Sambar or Kuzhambu. Peerkangai is also known as Turai, Tori, Turiya in Gujarati and in Maharashtra it is popular by the name of Dodaka.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ridgegourd kootu/ peerkanga kootu/ turai sabzi using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ridgegourd kootu/ Peerkanga kootu/ Turai sabzi:
- Take 500 grams Ridgegourd/ peerkanga
- Make ready 1/2 cup toor dhal
- Take 1/2 cup onions (chopped)
- Prepare 2-3 green chillies
- Prepare 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- Prepare 1/4 tsp urad dhal
- Make ready 2 tsp chana dhal
- Get 2 spring curry leaves
- Get 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- Get 3 tbspn grated coconut
- Take To taste salt
- Get 2 tbspn oil
Peerakangai kootu / Peerkangai poricha kuzhambu/ Beerakaya kootu (In Telugu) / Ridge gourd kootu (in English) is an easy, one pot side dish for rice. This ridge gourd kootu goes well with vatha kuzhambu and Kara kuzhambu rice. But we love to eat this poricha kootu by mixing with plain rice adding ghee. Peerkangai (Ridge Gourd) Kootu is made by cooking the vegetable in the dal & coconut mixture.
Steps to make Ridgegourd kootu/ Peerkanga kootu/ Turai sabzi:
- Peel the ridge gourd well and cut into small pieces.
- Pressure cook toor dhal adding water for 1 or 2 whistles.
- Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds after it cracks add urad dhal and chana dhal. Saute till colour changes.
- Now add onions, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till golden brown.
- Add the ridge gourd, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well. Cover and cook 5 minutes without adding water(these vegetables releases a lot of water).
- Now add the cooked toor dhal. Mix well and cook till water is absorbed and has a semi gravy consistency.
- Add grated coconut and mix well.
This is easy to make and also very tasty. It's rich in dietary fiber,so it's good to use this vegetable regularly in our regular diet. It just looks like it would be time consuming to prepare. Last week, I caved in and decided to buy it - and I am glad I did. Peerkangai (ridge gourd) kootu is a common dish in Tamil Nadu.
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