Peerkangai Thoghayal | Ridge Gourd Chutney
Peerkangai Thoghayal | Ridge Gourd Chutney

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This video explains about how to prepare Ridge gourd / peerkangai thogayal. Peerkangai Thogayal/Ridge gourd chutney is a south Indian side dish that pairs very well with steamed rice and rasam. Ridge gourd can be prepared in various ways, in the form of curries, as an addition to sambar, but I like it best as a thick creamy thogayal.

Peerkangai Thoghayal

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have peerkangai thoghayal | ridge gourd chutney using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Peerkangai Thoghayal | Ridge Gourd Chutney:
  1. Make ready Thoghayal
  2. Prepare 1/2 kg Ridge gourd/Turai
  3. Prepare 1 lemon sized ball of deseeded tamarind
  4. Get 1 teaspoon salt
  5. Make ready 2 green chillies
  6. Prepare 2 dry red chillies
  7. Take 1/4 cup split dehusked black lentils/ udad dal
  8. Prepare 1/4 cup curry leaves
  9. Take 1 big size tomato
  10. Take 1/4 cup grated fresh or desiccated coconut
  11. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon aesofotida
  12. Get 2 tablespoons Coconut or vegetable oil
  13. Prepare Tampering
  14. Take 2 tablespoons Coconut oil
  15. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  16. Take 4-5 curry leaves

It can also be had along with dosas,idlis,puris, and just about any dish. Just take a peeler and peel thin peel as they will become crispier when sauteed. Keep peeling till you see the white portion,the green has to. Peerkangai chutni/ thovaiyal is a tasty and healthy sidedish for idly , dosa, hot rice with ghee.

Instructions to make Peerkangai Thoghayal | Ridge Gourd Chutney:
  1. Wash the ridge gourd/turai clean. Scrape out only the hard part of the skin and leave the tender part, it is full of nutrition, so we want it in our thogayal. Roughly chop the vegetable and set aside
  2. In a pan add oil and fry the dal/ lentil till golden colour
  3. Add both chillies and asafoetida and fry for 1 minute.
  4. Add the vegetable, mix and let it cook for 1/2 a minute. Add tamarind and fry.
  5. Once the vegetable is half cooked add the roughly chopped tomato, coconut, salt and curry leaves. Cover and cook till gourd is fully soft. Switch off flame and let the mixture come to room temperature
  6. Put in a mixer grinder and grind till smooth paste.
  7. Tamper by adding coconut oil in a pan and heat. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
  8. Add the prepared paste to the tampering and cook for just half a minute in it.
  9. Enjoy it with with hot chapatis or steamed rice by adding some oil like it's done traditionally

This ridge gourd chutney is a healthy, tasty side dish for idli and dosa. It is high in dietary fiber and low in saturated fat, cholesterol and calories. Ridge gourd chutney is one of the easiest spiced healthy dip made with few ingredients. You can skip onions if you do not want to add it. Ridge gourd is known as Peerkangai in Tamil, Turai in Hindi and Beerakai in Telugu and peechinga in Malayalam.

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