Cuisine: Andhra Pradesh state of India
Ingredients:
Ridge gourd – ¼ kg
Green chilli / dry red chilli – 5
Tomato – 3
Garlic – 6 cloves
Coriander leaves – 2 teaspoons
Salt – as required
Oil – 3 teaspoons
Tamarind – 1-inch piece
Method:
Remove the ridges of the ridge gourd and wash them. Then chop them into small pieces along with the peel. In a kadai/pan, heat oil and fry the ridge gourd pieces until they have cooked and become soft. Then add chopped tomato and cook till all the water evaporates. Then add tamarind and turn off the flame. Take another pan and fry the chilies. In a mortar and pestle, grind fried chilies along with salt and garlic cloves into a coarse paste. Then add cooked ridge gourd tomato mixture and grind into a coarse paste. Then add chopped coriander and mix. Serve along with rice/roti or chapati.
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