Monday, June 6, 2016

Ridge gourd tomato chutney

ridge gourd pachchadi

Ingredients

ridge gourd            2 medium size
tomatoes                2
green chillies         15
cumin seeds           1/2 spoon
garlic cloves          10
salt                         to taste
tamarind                2 flakes
oil                          3 spoons
mustard seeds        1/4 spoon
urad dal or 
chana dal               1/2 spoon
curry leaves           some
coriander leaves    some          
Method

clean the vegetables

cut green chillies into two pieces.donot need to cut any vegetable  into small pieces  for chutnies not like curry preparation.because we will grind this pieces. so cut green chillies  into  2 pieces for fry.
cut tomatoes into 4 or 5 pieces.
peel ridge gourd and wash them and cut into medium size pieces.
before cutting the pieces taste one piece of ridge gourd  because  some ridge gourds have bitter nature.if you add that ridge gourd in the chutney or curry became bitter taste.so donot forget to taste while cutting the ridge gourd and cucumber also.

1.heat the oil(2 spoons) in a pan.
2.after heating the oil add green chillies. and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
 show alert when frying green chillies because they have the splutter  nature and jump off from oil if not cut them properly.for avoid this you can put lid  when frying the green chillies.
3.after frying the green chillies keep them aside.
4.add ridge gourd and tamarind  in the same oil and cook for some time.
5.when tamarind become soft take it out from the ridge gourd pieces .
6. add tomato pieces and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.put off the flame when the tomatoes is semi cooked.
7.put fryied green chillies ,salt ,cumin seeds,garlic cloves and tamarind in a mixie jar .and blend them.make a fine paste.do not add   water.
8.add ridge gourd pieces and tomato pieces in the paste of green chillies and only blend for 10 seconds.not crushed them completly .
9.add oil(1 spoon) in a pan.
10.after heating the oil add mustard seeds .when they began to splutter add urad dal or chana dal .fry until dal become light brown colour.
11. then add curry leaves  and coriander leaves.
12.add them into ridge gourd chutney.mix them. taste it .if you want more  salt  add it.