BEERAKAYA NUVULA PULUSU(RIDEGOURD )

PREPARATION TME: 25 min

SERVINS: 3 ADULTS

INGREDEINTS:

3 medium Ridgegourd/beerakaya

1 small onion (finely chopped)

OIL 1 tbspn

1/4 tspn turmeric

salt to taste

1/4 tspn jaggery

small lemon size tamarind soaked in a water about 10 min

1ST POWDER:
1 TBSPN SESAME SEEDS/NUVULU

1 tbspn putnalu/papulu/dahlia
Fry sesame seeds with out oil let them cool down grind it along by adding putnalu/dahlia and make a fine powder.

2ND POWDER:
4 to 5 redchillies/redchilli powder

1 tspn corainder seeds

1 tspn cuminseeds

1/2 tbspn dry coconut powder

FRY above ingredints with a drop of oil and make a powder and keep it aside.

Now 2 powders are ready to make this rdgegourd pulusu.

PROCEDURE:

1. Peelout the skin of ridge gourd and cut them in to vertical slices and keep it aside.

2. Heated oil in a kadai add tempering add onions,ridgegourd pieces fry for 5 min

add half glass of water boiled it unitl it cooked then add tamarind

extract/juice,turmeric add that 2nd powder for 5 min add 1st powder ie(sesame

seed,putnalu powder dont add directly mix with a water add to that curry mix well

with out any lumps now add jaggery/sugar salt to taste ,boiled this pulusu for 1o min

3. if you want u can add required amount of water now Add corainder leaves bring it to boil another 10 min now switch off the stove

Now your BEERAKAYA NUVULA PULUSU(RIDEGOURD pulusu) is ready to eat hot rice with a drop oh ghee ummmm looks delicious