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9/30/2011

Sorakaya Pachadi / Bottle Gourd Chutney

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Ingredients:-

Bottle gourd -1 1/2 cups (cut into cubes with skin)
Channa Dal-1/2 tbsp
Gram Dal-1/2 tbsp
Cumin Seeds-1/2 tsp
Coriander Seeds-1/2 tsp
Red chillies-3 nos
Green chillies-3 nos
Garlic cloves-4- 5 nos
Tamarind -small lime size (soaked in 2-3 tbsp warm water)
Coriander leaves-2 tbsp (chopped)
Salt to taste
Oil-3 tbsp


For Seasoning :-

Mustard seeds-1/4 tsp
Black gram dal-1/2 tsp
Red chillies-1 nos
Hing-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves-few
Oil-1/2 tsp


Method:-

Heat 3 tsp oil in a cooking vessel,add bengal gram,split gram dal,cumin seeds and coriander seeds and stir fry for 3 mts or till the dals turn red.Remove and keep it aside.
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In the same pan add garlic,red chillies,green chillies,coriander leaves and curry leaves and fry on medium heat for a min.Remove and keep it aside.
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In the same pan add the remaining oil,add the chopped  bottle gourd cubes an saute for 12 mins or till the rawness of the vegetable goes and the water evaporates.Remove and cool.
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Once cool,grind the dals first till coarsely ground,add the rest of the sauteed ingredients along with tamarind extract,salt and grind to a paste.
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Heat half a tsp of oil in a pan,add mustard seeds and let them pop,add urad dal and let it turn red,add hing and curry leaves and red chillies and stir fry for a few seconds.
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Pour the seasoning over the ground pachadi and serve with hot rice.
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41 comments:

Alpana

Wow......this is something new for me......sounds awesome.....Thanks for sharing.

My Kitchen Antics

have been seeing a lot of bottle gourd recipes...but ive never cooked with it. this looks easy

Padma

Healthy and delicious pachadi.

R

looks so delicious!

Pushpa

Spicy and yummy pachadi Divya.Perfect with rice.

Nalini's Kitchen

Pachadi looks yummy,like to have it with piping hot rice and ghee.

Nisha

Thats a yummy chutney

Treat and Trick

This is new to me and looks so yum!


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Sensible Vegetarian

Delicious and a perfect combo with Idli, Dosai or anything.

Kaveri Venkatesh

Yummy and delicious looking pachadi

layaa

Looks yummy and sounds healthy.

Aruna Manikandan

sounds new to me...
looks healthy and delicious dear :)

Neha

Never heard of bottle gourd chutney...Looks delicious..

Vardhini

Yummy and tasty. Never made chutney with bottle gourd.

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MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.

This recipe is new to me.Never tried a pachadi.yumm dear.

Neetz

i havent treid chutney with thsi ingredient.. it surely shows good here :)

Priya Suresh

Fingerlicking chutney..

Raji

This is really new to me divya...and having bottlegourd this way is a lovely option.

Jayanthy Kumaran

Mmmm...absolutely tasty divya..:P
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aipi

Great pictorials n recipe ~ thanks for sharing dear :)
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Hema

tats a yummmy chutney :)

Sobha Shyam

chutney looks so yum n spicy..

Prathima Rao

One of my fav!!! I love it with some hot rice..Your version looks delish too!!
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Madhu

This is one of my favorite recipes Divya. Very detailed explanation.

soujanya

pachadi chala bagundi...def will gve a try...

La @ FoodSlice

i too have been on a pachadi spree recently. Never heard of bottle gourd chutney till now. Looks good too. Will tell mom to try it out, as we rarely bring bottle gourd into our home.

Kanchan

I had prepared a similar chutney with a bit difference long time back ... posted about it too then .. your version too looks interesting !

Saji

I've awards waiting for you at my place...Please do collect them

Priya Sreeram

good one divya !

Unknown

Very new to me..but sounds delicious..

Cheers
Muskaan

Unknown

Hey Divya that's a very simple but mouth watering chutney and must pair well with anything, idlis, rotis and sandwiches!! Good one

Sarah

this looks nice and tasty! We have a bottle gourd plant and hence get many of this... I have no idea what to do with bottle gourd except to put it in sambar/dal and that I dont even like... planning to try out this dish next time..

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover

this must be very nice.

Plateful

Never tried making chutney with bottle gourd. But I'm craving this after seeing your first picture!

Sushma Mallya

Beautifully explained ...very flavorful and lovely chutney Divya:)

Vidhya

Never heard or tried this before sounds and looks so yum.

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory)

Never heard of bottle gourd chutney before, sounds very interesting. Thanks for sharing this yummy chutney :)

Indian Khana

I make this too and love it ...your's looks so good ..wish to have some now

Torviewtoronto

this looks yummy wonderfully done

Priya Sreeram

good one divya

Unknown

Super recipe. Wonderfullu done.

Cheers,
Uma

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