PEERKANGKAI MASIYAL
Quick and easy ridged gourd curry. Ridged gourd cooked with tamarind goes well with white rice. Try this .
Ingredients
Ridged Gourd / Peerkankai – 2 medium
Onion – 1 big
Tomato – 1 medium
Green Chilly – 2
Tamarind Paste – 1 tsp
Cumin – 1/2 tsp
Red Chilly – 1
Method
1. Peel off the skin of the Ridged gourd and cut into small cubes.
2. In a pressure cooker add the rigded gourd pieces, chopped tomato and slited green chilly , tamarind add enough water and pressue cook it.
3. Heat little oil in a pan, pop cumin and add the chopped onion and fry until soft and add it to the cooked ridged gourd add salt. mash it with the back of the spoon.
(If it is too watery , cook it for few more mins after mashing it)

May 15, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Love the color and such a simple recipe too:))
May 15, 2007 at 8:27 pm
My my it is a feast bottle gourd sambhar, two curries.Hmm …Even this recipe looks nice