Ghosale Sheera Chutney ( Ridge Gourd Pare Chutney)

Whenever I brand Ghosale upkari ( ridge gourd stir-fry), I relieve the pare as well as brand this absolutely delicious as well as salubrious chutney out of it.  The ridge gourd pare is fibrous as well as 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 improve 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, purpose 1/4 tsp)
Asofoetida: pinch 
Jaggery/ Palm sugar:1/2 tsp
Freshly grated coconut: 1/2 loving cup ( yous could position upto i loving cup if yous wish)
Salt: 1tsp ( arrange according to your taste)
Water: 1/2+1/2 cup

Method:

With your fingers, intermission the ridge gourd pare as well as banking enterprise check for thread similar fibers. Remove as well as discard them. Wash as well as Clean the tender pare as well as piece of job on aside.

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In a sauté pan, oestrus oil/ghee, splutter  mustard seeds. Then add together curry leaves,jeera, pepper corns as well as greenish chillies. Sauté for a minute.

Now add together the cleaned as well as washed ridge gourd pare as well as tyke it for 4-5 mins on depression flame.Add 1/2 loving cup H2O as well as allow it ready for 5-8 mins.

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

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

Can live on stored inward an airtight container for upto 1 week.

Cooking made easy:

While making the higher upwards chutney, I sometimes add together the greenish chillies as well as kokosnoot spell sautéing the ridge gourd pare . Then I allow it cool downwards as well as grind it alongside other ingredients. This increases the shelf-life of the chutney.

Keeping a chutney  handy makes breakfast as well as dinner easy.

Tip for salubrious living:

Both Jeera ( Cumin) as well as dark pepper aid inward digestion.
Cumin is helpful inward counteracting nausea as well as morning time sickness.It is likewise purported to create got anti-diabetic, anti-epileptic, anti-tumor, anti-microbial as well as immunologic activities inward the human body. Cumin is likewise a root 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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