Ghosale Sheera Chutney ( Ridge Gourd Pare Chutney)

Whenever I brand Ghosale upkari ( ridge gourd stir-fry), I relieve the pare in addition to brand this absolutely delicious in addition to well for you lot chutney out of it.  The ridge gourd pare is fibrous in addition to thence this chutney is rich inward fiber, thereby contributing towards my daily dietary fiber intake.Even though this chutney is ubiquitous inward Konkani households, I learnt this recipe from my mother-in-law. Her's I mean value comes out amend than mine :)

Ingredients:

Ghosale sheera (ridge gourd peel): from two ridge-gourd.
Coconut Oil/ghee: 1 tsp
Mustard: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Jeera ( cumin): 1 tsp
Black pepper corns: 1 tsp
Green chillies : 2
Tamarind : marble size ( if using pulp, piece of job 1/4 tsp)
Asofoetida: pinch 
Jaggery/ Palm sugar:1/2 tsp
Freshly grated coconut: 1/2 loving cup ( you lot could pose upto 1 loving cup if you lot wish)
Salt: 1tsp ( accommodate according to your taste)
Water: 1/2+1/2 cup

Method:

With your fingers, pause the ridge gourd pare in addition to cheque for thread similar fibers. Remove in addition to discard them. Wash in addition to Clean the tender pare in addition to continue aside.

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In a sauté pan, estrus oil/ghee, splutter  mustard seeds. Then add together curry leaves,jeera, pepper corns in addition to greenish chillies. Sauté for a minute.

Now add together the cleaned in addition to washed ridge gourd pare in addition to nipper it for 4-5 mins on depression flame.Add 1/2 loving cup H2O in addition to permit it ready for 5-8 mins.

Turn the flaming off in addition to permit it cool down.Now add together freshly grated coconut, asofoetida, tamarind, jaggery, common salt in addition to grind inward a blender to a smoothen paste. Add the other 1/2 loving cup H2O spell grinding every bit needed.

Serve alongside rice/ dosa/idlis or fifty-fifty inward a sandwich.

Can hold upward stored inward an airtight container for upto 1 week.

Cooking made easy:

While making the inward a higher house chutney, I sometimes add together the greenish chillies in addition to kokosnoot spell sautéing the ridge gourd pare . Then I permit it cool downwardly in addition to grind it alongside other ingredients. This increases the shelf-life of the chutney.

Keeping a chutney  handy makes breakfast in addition to dinner easy.

Tip for well for you lot living:

Both Jeera ( Cumin) in addition to dark pepper assist inward digestion.
Cumin is helpful inward counteracting nausea in addition to morning time sickness.It is besides purported to create got anti-diabetic, anti-epileptic, anti-tumor, anti-microbial in addition to immunologic activities inward the human body. Cumin is besides a origin of magnesium & iron.

References:
http://www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Jeeraka-or-cumin-and-caraway-%28-cuminum-cyminum-and-carum-carvi-%29-Vol-18-iss-3.html
http://phcogj.com/105530pj2011251
http://www.livestrong.com/article/415653-ground-cumin-health-benefits/#page=4


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