Bottle Gourd Stew with Sesame Powder / Sorakaya Nuvvula Podi Pulusu
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped Bottle Gourd Pieces
- 1 Onion roughly chopped
- 1/2 lime size Tamarind / 2 sp Tamarind Paste
- 2 Green Chillies chopped
- 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 sp Red Chilli Powder
- 2 sp Sesame Seeds
- 1 sp grated Jaggery (optional)
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 sp Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 sp Methi Seeds
- 1 pinch Inguva
- 1 Red Chilli crocked
- Coriander Leaves
- Curry Leaves
- 2 sp Oil
For Popu :
Instructions
- Wash and soak tamarind in 2 cups of water and keep aside.
- Dry roast sesame seeds and grind into a powder.
- Heat oil in a pan add popu ingredients and fry once add add curry leaves, green chillies and fry for a while.
- Add in all the chopped bottle gourd pieces, onions and fry for a min. Then add tamarind juice and mix well.
- Now add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, jaggery and stir, let it boil for a few mins.
- Add ground nuvvula podi and mix well, cook on low flame for couple of mins.
- After that transfer into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Sorakaya nuvvula podi pulusu is ready to serve, serve with steamed white rice .
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