Ridge Gourd Curry

Healthy and Tasty Ridge Gourd curry (Heerekayi Palya / HireKayi Palya / HeereKai Palya) with a nice aroma of the ground dry masala.
Ingredients
Ridge Gourd - 1 Cup
Onion - 1 Small
Tomato - 1 Small
Green Chilies - 2
Chana Dal - 1 Tbsp
Desiccated Coconut - 2 Tsps
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tbsp
Ginger - 1 inch
Garlic - 1-2 pods
Curry Leaves - A little
Sambar powder - 1 Tsps
Method
1. Chop ridge gourd, onion and tomato separately into small pieces.
2. Pressure cook chana dal for one whistle
3. Take a pan and make a seasoning of mustard, urad dal and channa dal.
4. To the seasoning on a medium to low flame add onion, green chilies and stir fry for 3-4 minutes.
5. Add chopped tomato stir fry for a couple of minutes.
6. Now add ridge gourd and the cooked chana dal.
7. Close the lid of the pan and let it cook for 5-6 minutes.
8. In a small blender jar add the desiccated coconut, jeera, garlic and ginger piece and give it a rough grind.
9. Add salt to taste and now add the ground mixture to the ridge gourd and give a good mix.
10. Cover the lid and cook for 3-4 minutes more and switch off.
11. Ridge gourds curry is ready, goes well with rice or chapatti.

MADDUR VADE/VADA

MADDUR VADE/VADA

You need the following to make these delicious fried snack :
Onions : 1 cup (onions are chopped into small pieces) (1 cup holds 100ml water)
Green chilli paste : 1 tsp (u can add more if u need spicier vades)
Curry leaves : 5-8 (chopped)
Coriander leaves: 2 tbsp (chopped)
Maida/All purpose flour : 1 cup (1 cup holds 100ml water)
Chiroti rava/semolina: 1/2 cup
Rice Flour: 2tbsp
salt as required
Hot oil : 1/4 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method:

1.Mix all ingredients given above using a spoon.Caution : Do not use your hands to mix the flour at this stage as hot oil might burn your fingers.
2.Leave the mixture aside for 15 minutes. The moisture in onions will wet the flour at this stage.
3.If do not intend to deep fry at this stage do not mix the flour with water. You can mix it with water when you want to deep fry. You can also mix partial flour with water and leave the other part. This small tip helps prevent the dough becoming soggy. This is an important step.
4.Heat oil over low flame. When oil is warm start with the next step.
5.If you wish to deep fry vades, sprinkle water over the flour and mix to make dough. The dough here at this stage resembles soft chapathi dough.
6. Pull a small lemon sized dough and pat it on a greased non sticky paper or laminated paper to make a nice circle.
7. Transfer these to your fingers (hold it on 4 fingers) and slide them over to hot oil. Be careful.
8. Fry them till they are red and crisp. Drain them on a kitchen towel. Enjoy hot hot vades with coffee or tea.
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