beerakaya pappu koora /Ridge gourd curry with lentils

Ridge gourd has so many curries to its name yet very few people use it in their daily cooking. Its easy to cook and has very cooling effect on the body and can be given to young kids and toddlers too.

This is a very simple and easy dish to prepare especially when you are running to work and need to cook something. It takes great with both roti and rice making it even better.

This mode of cooking pappu koora or curry with lentils is popular in andhra and tamilnadu. This variety recipe can be made with other vegetables like cauliflower and cabbage. 

Ingredients:

ridge gourd- 1
channa dal - 1/4 cup
onion -1 big
salt
turmeric powder  a pinch
chilli powder - 1/4 tspn

Seasoning:
green chillies
mustard seeds
cumin seeds

Procedure:

1. Peel and cut the ridge gourd into small pieces .
2. Peel the onion and chop roughly.
3.  Add beerakaya ,channa dal , onion and turmeric and cook in pressure cooker for 3 whistles.
4. Alternatively this can be cooked with water on high flame in a wok but it might take more time to cook around 20  minutes atleast.
5. Once the vegetables are cooked keep aside and let it cool.
6. Add oil in wok and add seasoning and put this beerakaya mixture and mix well.cook for 10 mins on medium flame.
7. Add salt as need and use chilli powder is spiciness is not sufficient.
8. this is good to eat with roti or rice.

beerakaya pala koora (Ridge gourd curry with milk)

There are thousands of vegetarian dishes out there it still amazes me to find new ones everyday. Ive learnt too many dishes from my mother and sisters now my mother-in-law has been another cooking guru of me. She made amazing dishes when they came to visit us which were completely different from what my mom used to make. So ive started writing down all her recipes and trying it out one by one.This dish has captured my appetite too well that ive made it numerous times after her visit. Never I imaged that a dish with ridge gourd can be soo interesting and ive always cooked only dal with this vegetable.