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    Beerakaya - Ridge Gourd Chutney Recipe

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    This recipe is for a ridge gourd chutney, also known as turai or beerakaya chutney, from South Indian cuisine. It is commonly served as a side dish for dosa, idli, or rice. The chutney is made by cooking chopped ridge gourd until the water evaporates, then blending it with spices like jeera, hing, curry leaves, green chilies, and tamarind juice. A tempering of mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili, and curry leaves is added to finish the chutney. It is served alongside popular South Indian breakfast items.

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    Beerakaya - Ridge Gourd Chutney Recipe

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    This recipe is for a ridge gourd chutney, also known as turai or beerakaya chutney, from South Indian cuisine. It is commonly served as a side dish for dosa, idli, or rice. The chutney is made by cooking chopped ridge gourd until the water evaporates, then blending it with spices like jeera, hing, curry leaves, green chilies, and tamarind juice. A tempering of mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili, and curry leaves is added to finish the chutney. It is served alongside popular South Indian breakfast items.

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    This recipe is for a ridge gourd chutney, also known as turai or beerakaya chutney, from South Indian cuisine. It is commonly served as a side dish for dosa, idli, or rice. The chutney is made by cooking chopped ridge gourd until the water evaporates, then blending it with spices like jeera, hing, curry leaves, green chilies, and tamarind juice. A tempering of mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili, and curry leaves is added to finish the chutney. It is served alongside popular South Indian breakfast items.

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    Beerakaya - Ridge Gourd Chutney Recipe

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    This recipe is for a ridge gourd chutney, also known as turai or beerakaya chutney, from South Indian cuisine. It is commonly served as a side dish for dosa, idli, or rice. The chutney is made by cooking chopped ridge gourd until the water evaporates, then blending it with spices like jeera, hing, curry leaves, green chilies, and tamarind juice. A tempering of mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili, and curry leaves is added to finish the chutney. It is served alongside popular South Indian breakfast items.

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    The recipe shares how to make a ridge gourd chutney which is commonly used in South Indian cuisine. It mentions the health benefits of ridge gourd and provides the full method to make the chutney.

    The main ingredients used are ridge gourd, urad dal, jeera, hing, green chillies, tamarind, curry leaves and some tempering ingredients like mustard seeds, urad dal and red chillies.

    The steps include preparing the ingredients, frying the urad dal and spices, frying the ridge gourd pieces, blending all the ingredients together, tempering with mustard seeds and transferring to a bowl.

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    chutney
    Ridge gourd chutney is very common in South Indian cuisine. It is called Turai in Hindi and
    Beerakaya in Telugu. It is mainly used as a side dish for dosa/idli /rice. Ridge gourd has a
    number of health benefits. It is good for diabetic patients and also helps in detoxing and
    weight loss.
    Course condiments
    Cuisine South Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 25 minutes
    Servings 4
    Author Gayatri Vivek

    Ingredients

    Ridge gourd 2 medium, peeled and chopped


    Urad dal 2 tsp
    Jeera 1 tsp
    Hing 1/2 tsp
    Tamarind 2 tsp
    Green chillies 4

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    Curry leaves few


    Salt as required
    Oil 1 tsp

    For tempering

    Oil 1 tsp
    Rai 1 tsp
    Urad dal 1 tsp
    Red chilli 2, broken
    Curry leaves few

    Instructions

    1. Prepare the ingredients, then in a pan, heat ½ tsp oil.

    2. Add jeera and urad dal. When the colour of the dal turns light brown, add hing, curry
    leaves and green chillies.
    3. After it is fried, remove from pan and keep it aside.

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    4. In the same pan, add ½ tsp oil and fry the ridge gourd pieces. It is difficult to remove
    the peel completely. That is not a problem. Remove to the extent possible.

    5. Fry till all the water from the gourd evaporates. It will take about 10 – 15 minutes.

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    6. After it cools down, in a mixie, blend the ridge gourd and the ingredients from step 2
    along with tamarind juice (squeezed from 2 tsp tamarind soaked in water) and salt.
    7. According to your taste, you can add less/more tamarind juice and green chillies.
    8. Transfer the chutney in a bowl.
    9. In a small pan, take 1 tsp oil. Add rai. When it splutters, add urad dal. After the colour
    changes to light brown, add the curry leaves and red chillies.
    10. Pour this tempering on the chutney and mix.

    11. Serve with idli/dosa or steamed rice.

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