Peerkangai Kootu Ridge Gourd Curry
Peerkangai Kootu Ridge Gourd Curry

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Peerkangai kootu seivathu eppadi or Peerkangai Kootu(Ridge gourd) video is all about sharing my daily lunch routine. Preparing Lunch is our daily Routine. Kootu is a famous South Indian recipe, made by vegetable, dhal and coconut. Ridge gourd saaru/curry.kootu is a classic n simple and yummy side dish for steamed rice, chapathi, dosa, idli.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have peerkangai kootu ridge gourd curry using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Peerkangai Kootu Ridge Gourd Curry:
  1. Prepare 2 Ridge Gourd
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup Bengal Gram Dal (you can also use MOONG DAL)
  3. Prepare 1 Medium Size Tomato chopped
  4. Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  5. Get 1/2 tsp Castor oil
  6. Make ready Salt-as per your taste
  7. Prepare Water-as required
  8. Take 1/2 Tbsp Coconut Oil
  9. Take 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
  11. Prepare 8 Shallots roughly chopped
  12. Make ready Curry leaves few
  13. Take Coriander leaves few
  14. Take For Grinding
  15. Make ready 1/2 cup Grated Coconut
  16. Take 2 Garlic pods
  17. Make ready 4 Green chillies
  18. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

Peel the skin of ridge gourd. Peerkangai Kootu Recipe, Learn how to make Peerkangai Kootu (absolutely delicious recipe of Peerkangai Kootu ingredients and cooking method) Peerkangai (ridge gourd) kootu is a common dish in Tamil Nadu. Peerkangai Kootu is a healthy South Indian side made with chana dal and peerkangai. Perfect as a side for rice or chapati.

Instructions to make Peerkangai Kootu Ridge Gourd Curry:
  1. Wash and peel off the ridge gourd skin and cut into small cubes.
  2. In a pressure cooker add bengal gram dal, turmeric powder, castor oil and required water. Cover and cook for 4 whistles.
  3. When the pressure goes off open the lid and transfer it to a currypan.
  4. Place that currypan in the stove. Switch on the flame. Keep the flame in medium. Add the ridge gourd and tomato let it boil.
  5. Add the ingredients given for Grinding in a mixie. Grind to a smooth paste.
  6. Add the ground paste to the curry and salt. Mix well and add required water let it cook for 15 mins till ridge gourd gets cooked.
  7. In a tadka pan, add coconut oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, onions and curry leaves. Fry till onions becomes translucent.
  8. Then add this to the curry. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  9. Now it's ready to serve with hot rice.

Peerkangai Kootu is a healthy South Indian side made with chana dal and peerkangai. Perfect as a side for rice or chapati. Ridge Gourd is known as peerkangai in Tamil, beerakaya in Telugu and heerekai in Kannada. Many of you would have made peerkangai poriyal (stir fry), peergankai chutney, ridge gourd dal, ridge gourd skin chutney but not many would have tried this ridge gourd masala or ridge gourd tomato sabji. Remove the hard ridges in the ridge gourd.

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