A must summer southindian recipe..perugu pachadi…and if you make this with Bottle gourd (sorakaya) or Snake gourd (potlakaya)…this tastes still more delicious. Try this recipe..Sorakaya Perugu Pachadi !
Ingredients :
- Meanwhile, grind the shredded coconut, green chillies & ginger into paste.
Note : preferably use the wet / fresh shredded coconut, but not dry coconut powder…taste might differ incase of dry coconut powder.
- Add little water if required and let this cook under low heat for 10 minutes, make sure it won't be too dry.
- While this is cooking, prepare the seasoning.
- Let it cook for another 5 more minutes and once done turn off the heat.
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
Chopped Bottle gourd pieces - about 2 cups
Yogurt - 1to 1 & 1/2 cup
Shredded coconut (fresh / wet preferably) - 2 table spoons
Green chili - 2
Chopped Ginger - 1 table spoon
Water - 1/2 cup
Salt - As per the taste
For Seasoning :
Oil - 1 table spoon
Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon
Dry red chilli - 1
Curry leaves - 2 to 3
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Preparation:
- Peel off the bottle gourd & cut into small pieces. I have used half of the bottle gourd only, it makes approximately 2 cups of pieces.
- Add the water to the pieces and let them cook well.
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
- In about 7 to 10 minutes, the gourd pieces must have been well cooked, add the ground coconut mix to the pieces and also add some salt and mix well.
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
- Meanwhile beat the yogurt without any lumps and keep it ready, once the pieces are well cooked with coconut mix, add the beaten yogurt to the pachadi and give it a quick mix.
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
- Heat the oil in the pan and add all the seasoning ingredients one by one and fry.
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
- Once done turn off the heat and add the turmeric powder to the seasoning.
- Add this seasoning to the sorakaya perugu pachadi.
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Sorakaya perugu pachadi is ready to be served with steamed white rice !!!!
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| Sorakaya perugu pachadi |
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