Ash Gourd Curry / buttermilk curry is a simple and comfort choice as a side dish for meal. Adding veggies like Ash Gourd, raw banana and yam to the curry is optional. It is one of the menu in Kerala Onam Sadhya recipes.
Ingredients For the Curry:
- Ash gourd chopped-1 cup
- Curd-1 cup
- Grated coconut-1 cup
- Cumin seeds-1 tsp
- Shallots / small onion-4 nos
- Green chilly slit-2 nos
- Salt-to taste
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
- Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp
- Coconut oil-1 1/2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds-1 tsp
- Dry red chilly-2 nos
- Curry leaves-2 spring
- In a blender add grated coconut, cumin seeds and shallots, add enough water to make a smooth paste out of it. keep it aside.
- Cook ash gourd in a curry pot by adding green chilly, turmeric powder, chilly powder and 1 cup of water for about 10 minutes until ash gourd turns soft and cooked.
- When it is cooked add the coconut blended puree; mix well and boil for two minutes.
- Add salt and mix well.
- Add beaten curd and mix well; turn off flame before the curry starts boiling.
- For seasoning; Heat a pan with coconut oil; splutter mustard seeds, add dry red chilly and curry leaves; switch off the flame and Pour the seasoning over the curry. Mix well before serving it with steamed rice....
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