Stuffed Ridge Gourd Curry

Ingredients

• • Ridge gourd - ½ kg
• • Oil (for frying) - as required
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon

Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - ½ cup
• • Grams/Chutney dal (roasted) - 1 ½ tablespoons
• • Green chillies - 10
• • Coriander leaves - 1 bunch
• • Curry leaves (tender) - a little
• • Ridge gourd skins (fried) - ¼ cup
• • Ginger - ½ inch piece
• • Salt - as required

Method

• 1. Wash and scrape ridge gourd skin and keep separately.
• 2. Check the vegetable for bitterness and cut into 2 inch thick round pieces.
• 3. Slit into four half way through.
• 4. Fry ridge gourd skin in oil till it becomes dark in colour.
• 5. Grind it along with other mentioned ingredients.
• 6. Stuff it in ridge gourd
• 7. Heat oil in a big frying pan (use more oil) and arrange stuffed pieces in that.
• 8. Mix water with rest of the masala and pour on top.
• 9. Cover with lid and cook in medium flame, stirring in between till gourd is cooked well.
• 10. Allow to cool and stuff back oozed out masala into vegetable and then serve.

Note

• • This can be served as a gravy or as a dry curry with plain rice.