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Turai Ki Sabji-Ridge Gourd Gravy for Chapathi-Peerkangai Gravy for Rice

July 22, 2015 by PadhuSankar 18 Comments

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. It is  not only easy to make but is also low in calories and is easily digestible. It tastes great with chapatis, poori and rice. Today we will learn how to make turai ki sabji following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Turai Ki Sabji-Ridge Gourd Gravy for Chapathi

Turai Ki Sabzi-Ridge Gourd Gravy for Chapathi-Rice


Turai Ki Sabji-Ridge Gourd Gravy for Chapathi-Rice

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Ridge Gourd – 2 cups chopped
   Onion -3/4 cup chopped
   Green chilli – 1-2 slit
   Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
   Tomato – 1 cup chopped
   Salt needed
   Curd/plain yogurt – 1 tbsp

   Spice Powder

   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
   Chilli powder – 1 tsp
   Coriander powder – 2 tsp
   Kitchen king masala powder or garam masala powder – 1 tsp
   Amchur powder/dry mango powder – 3/4 tsp

   For Grinding

   Cashew nuts – 5
   Khus khus/kasa kasa – 3/4 tsp
   Coconut – 3 tbsp grated

   For the Seasoning

   Oil – 2 tbsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
   Cumin seeds/jeera – 1 tsp
   Urad dal (split) – 1 tsp
   Curry leaves – a sprig

   For Garnishing

   Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped

Preparation


Peel the skin, remove the seeds and chop ridge gourd (pirkangai) into medium sized pieces.

Soak cashew nuts and khus khus in hot water for 15 minutes and grind it to a paste with coconut.

Keep all the ingredients needed for the gravy ready so that you will not forget anything and it will also save a lot of time.

Ingredients for Ridge Gourd Gravy

Method 


Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal and curry leaves.

When dal turns golden brown, add chopped onions and green chilli.

Saute until onions turn light brown. Add little salt when frying the onions.

sauteing onions

Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.

Add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt needed and cook until tomatoes become mushy.

sauteing tomatoes

Once the tomatoes are cooked well, add the chopped ridge gourd.

how to make ridge gourd gravy

Cook covered 
stirring from time to time until the ridge gourd turns soft .

Then add the ground paste. (coconut + cashew nuts + khus khus paste) dry mango powder, garam masala powder and cook for a few more minutes.

Ridge Gourd Gravy for Chapathi

Add needed water and cook simmered for 10 minutes.

Finally, add thick curd, mix well, cook on low heat for another 2-3 seconds and remove from heat. Alternatively you can also add cream/malai instead of curd.

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

peerkangai gravy for rice

Serve hot with chapati, parathas, poori. plain rice or mildly flavored rice like jeera pulao, ghee rice etc.

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Comments

  1. Geetha Jayaram

    July 22, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    U.S residents could substitute green squash for ridge gourd.

    Reply
  2. shobha arvind

    July 27, 2015 at 2:15 am

    Thanks for sharing such new recipes padhu – I tried it out this morning . It came out really well and was very quick to be made.

    Reply
  3. Geeta Venkat

    September 14, 2016 at 11:02 am

    Going to try

    Reply
  4. Unknown

    November 4, 2016 at 9:16 am

    made three times fantastic recepe.

    Reply
  5. Swaminathan Krishnamurthy

    November 4, 2016 at 9:17 am

    good recipe

    Reply
  6. Bhavani Iyer

    December 29, 2016 at 2:40 pm

    I tried it n it's absolutely delish

    Reply
  7. Unknown

    February 22, 2017 at 11:04 am

    I want to try this but I can't eat coconut and cashew nuts. Is there something else I can substitute it with?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 23, 2017 at 7:50 am

      Coconut and cashew nuts are added to give richness to the gravy and also for thickening. You can add a tsp of rice flour or a tsp of fried gram flour to thicken the gravy.

      Reply
  8. Poorna Surya

    March 14, 2017 at 4:57 am

    Wow it waz yum yum… prepared yesterday.. super hit recipe

    Reply
  9. Unknown

    February 16, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    Super receipe. My husband liked it Alot.

    Reply
  10. Shruthilaya

    June 11, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    can i substitute peerkangai with Podalangai?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 13, 2018 at 11:25 am

      You can try and give me your feedback. I have not tried with pudalangai.

      Reply
  11. lekha reddy

    June 20, 2018 at 2:47 am

    Wat can I replace khus khus with???

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 20, 2018 at 11:31 am

      You can skip khus khus if you do not have.

      Reply
  12. Ramya Dinesh

    October 30, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    Is it compulsory to use mango powder,can I use little tamarind instead?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 31, 2018 at 6:01 am

      Not compulsory. You can add very less tamarind if needed otherwise you can skip and make without it.

      Reply
  13. Sivasakthi

    April 9, 2019 at 12:19 am

    Padhu sister , it is really very delicious. I prepared it last night for chapathi and it came out so well as I followed the same measurements what you had given. Thanks for the wonderful creamy recipe.

    Reply
  14. Aishwarya

    July 25, 2019 at 4:25 pm

    Absolutely delicious and rich recipe, my entire family loved it!! Will definitely do it on a regular basis!

    Reply

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