BEERAKAYA CURRY RECIPE

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BEERAKAYA CURRY RECIPE: "

Awesome dish Beerakaya Curry

Beerakaya is one of my family’s favorite vegetables and is used to prepare a number of dishes like beerakaya pappu, beerakaya menthu kura, beerkaya pachadi, vepudu and ridge gourd is also cooked in combination with prawns and eggs . Ridge gourd is a vegetable which is cooked by us Andhras usually as a pachadi, stir fry (vepudu), cooked in milk (Beerakaya Paalu Posina Kura), with lentils (Beerakaya Pappu, another classic Andhra dish) or cooked with prawns/eggs.

Beerakaya when prepared as a stuffed vegetable with a zesty filling made from spices like sesame seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and red chillis that are roasted and ground to a fine paste along with ginger, garlic, onions and tamarind, has a mingling of flavors :- sweet-spicy-tangy. A delicious stuffed curry that goes well with both rice and rotis!

Ingredients for Beerakaya Curry

Ridge gourds/beerakaya peeled and chopped into small pieces 3

Red chilli pwd 2tsp

turmeric 1 tsp

coriander pwd/dhania powder 1tsp

ginger garlic paste 1tsp

salt to taste

1 small cup milk 1small cup

oil 2 tsp

mustard seeds 1/2tsp

curry leaves 2

onion finely chopped 1

green chillis slit length wise 3

chopped coriander leaves for garnish

Directions to prepare Beerakaya Curry (beerakaya curry,beerakaya kura,beerakaya koora,beerakaya pappu,beerakaya masala,beerakaya curry recipe)

1. Pre-heat oil in a cooking vessel. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add the crushed garlic cloves and curry leaves and stir fry for a few seconds.

2. Add the chopped onions and green chillis and sauté till the onions turn pink. Add the chopped ridge gourd pieces(Beerakaya), combine and cook on medium heat for 5 mts.

3. Reduce heat and cover with lid and cook further for another 7-8 mts. Add red chilli pwd, turmeric pwd, coriander pwd and salt and combine.

4. Add the water, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover with lid and cook till all the water evaporates.

5. Lastly, on medium flame, slowly add the milk to the curry, while stirring continuously for 3-4 mts or till you get the desired curry consistency. Constantly stir otherwise the milk will curdle.

6. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve HOT

This is the way to prepare Beerakaya Curry, Beerakaya Pappu, Beerakaya Fry, Beerakaya Paalu Posina Kura, Berakaya Kooralu.

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