Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, peerkangai poriyal/ridge gourd fry. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Peerkangai Poriyal/Ridge Gourd Fry is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Peerkangai Poriyal/Ridge Gourd Fry is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Ridge gourd stir fry ( peerkangai poriyal in Tamil) recipe is my recent try with this vegetable. Ridge gourd is called as beerakaya in Telugu, peerkangai in Tamil, torai in hindi, hirekayi in Kannada and peechinga in Malayalam. It is also known as Chinese okra and sponge gourd.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook peerkangai poriyal/ridge gourd fry using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Peerkangai Poriyal/Ridge Gourd Fry:
- Take 1/2 kg Peerkangai/ Ridge Gourd
- Prepare 1 tsp Oil
- Take 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- Get 1/4 tsp Urad Dal
- Make ready 1 Small size Onion chopped
- Take 2 tsp Curry leaves
- Prepare 1 Dry Red Chilli Broken
- Get 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- Take 1 tsp Sambar powder
- Make ready 5 Garlic pods roughly chopped
- Prepare Salt-as per taste
- Prepare As needed Water
- Take 1 tbsp Grated Coconut(optional)
No need to peel all the green skin, you can leave it behind. Wash and cut into strips and then chop it roughly. In the same kadai, add the chopped ridge gourd, oil and fry for few minutes. It will leave out water and get cooked.
Steps to make Peerkangai Poriyal/Ridge Gourd Fry:
- Wash and peel off the skin of Ridge Gourd. Cut into small pieces.
- In a kadai, add oil. Once oil gets heat, add mustard seeds and urad dal. Fry it.
- Add onions, curry leaves and dry red chilli. Saute till onions becomes translucent.
- Add turmeric powder, ridge gourd, garlic, salt and sambar powder. Saute well.
- Add little water. Cover with a lid. Don't add more water. Because ridge gourd will get cooked quickly. Add grated coconut and mix well.
- Transfer to a bowl. Now it's ready to serve. Serve as a Sidedish for your lunch.
Add tamarind in between to soften. Ridge gourd is called as Peerkangai in Tamil, Beerakai in Telugu and Torai in Hindi. It is rich in dietary fiber, low in saturated fat and contains good amount of vitamin C. It is very effective in purifying blood and hence it is good for skin too. It's a healthy choice to include this vegetable in our diet at least once.
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