Ridge Gourd Gotsu

Ingredients

• • Ridge gourd - ¼ kg
• • Green chillies - 4
• • Onions (finely cut) - ½ cup
• • Tamarind (soaked & extracted) - small lime size
• • Salt - as required
• • Jaggery (grated) - as required
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Tomatoes (finely cut) - ¼ cup

---

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Asafoetida powder - 2 pinches
• • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

---

Method

• 1. Scrap Ridge gourd and cut into very fine pieces and keep immersed in water until required.
• 2. Heat oil in a 'frying pan' and add chopped green chillies, ridge gourd.
• 3. Stir fry until Ridge gourd turns into dark colour.
• 4. Pour tamarind extract add turmeric powder and boil until thick.
• 5. Switch off the stove and mash cooked ridge gourd properly using a masher.
• 6. Heat oil, add seasonings and then fry onions until golden.
• 7. Add tomatoes, stir until moisture evaporates and then add mashed Ridge gourd, salt, sugar along with little water.
• 8. Cook until thick and serve.