Showing posts with label bottle gourd chickpeas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bottle gourd chickpeas. Show all posts

Monday, February 25, 2013

Bottle gourd chick peas curry

The other day when I went to the Indian stores I got two bottle gourds and I wanted to make kheer with it but I finally made te kheer with pumpkin ( not the orange one) which is called "Budida gummadi kaaya" in Telugu.

So I made a curry with bottle gourd and chick peas and it was sooo good. I served it with multi grain wheat roti

Bottle gourd and chick peas curry
Ingredients
1. 1 medium small bottle gourd, peeled cored and cubed
2. 1 cup chick peas from the can
3. 1/2 cup each of sliced onions and chopped tomatoes
4. 1 tablespoon chick peas mashed
5. 1 tablespoon each of oil,
6. 1 teaspoon toasted desiccated coconut, sambar powder (optional)
7. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin powder, coriander powder, salt, chilly powder, turmeric
8. 2 garlic pods chopped fine

In a pressure cooker heat the oil and fry the onions till they star changing color. Add garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add bottle gourd and tomato and fry for 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and 1/8 cup water and cook for 3 whistles. Let the steam escape and mix the mashed chickpeas and sambar powder and simmer till excess water evaporates. Garnish with toasted coconut and cilantro and enjoy