Beerakaya Karam Kura

Hi Friends

Sometimes we get bored making same type of curry with some vegetables. You could bring variations in the curry by stuffing them with with different kinds of mixture in vegetables like vankaya, potlakaya, dondakaya and beerakaya etc. This keeps everybody on the dining table excited to taste new tastes. Today I am coming with beerakaya stuffed with simple and delicious masala. Simple and easy to prepare.

Let us peek into the recipe.

Ingredients

• Fresh beerakayalu                       1/2 kg
• Onion                                           3 nos make pieces
• Garlic                                           6 to 7 cloves
• Cumin seeds                                1/2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds                              1/2 tbsp
• Red mirchi powder                        1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder
• Tamarind pulp                               1 tbsp
• Salt
• Oil
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves

How I did it  

1. Select fresh and tender ridge gourds.
2. Peel out the skin. Need not not remove full skin. You can remove the rough bits and keep the soft ones on. The skin of the ridge gourd has good fibre.
3. Check whether it is bitter before going for making dish.
4. Cut into 3" pieces.  Make slits on them length wise without separating.
5. Mix red mirchi powder, salt and turmeric powder and fill little quantity in ridge gourd pieces gently and keep aside for 2 to 3 minutes.
6. Cook them in tangy tamarind water for 2 to 3 minutes.
7. Meanwhile grind onion, garlic and cumin seeds into smooth paste.
8. Take a wok and add little oil and let it heat.
9. Add mustard seeds and let them pop.
10. Then add this onion, garlic paste and curry leaves. Stir well in between and cook for 5 minutes till raw smell of onion goes off. If needed add very little water.
11. Then add these cooked ridge gourd pieces into this wok.
12. Cook on low flame till ridge piece becomes soft.
13. Switch off the stove, transfer into a bowl, garnish with coriiander leaves.and see the yummy taste.

See the consistency, it should be like thick mudda kura. It goes best with rotis but tastes equally good with rice.

My Note

• You can stuff  with any masala like onion, garlic and salt mix.
• You can stuff with ground coconut, onion, mirchi powder.
• You can stuff with peanut combination also