Ridge gourd Thogayal / Ridge gourd Cilantro Chutney

Ridge gourd-cilantro-cumin-coconut were the four main ingredients for this delicious Thogayal. It turned out awesome n such a delicious accompaniment for rice. I love this thogayal, often make this with ridge gourd instead of curry, pulao, chutney, Stir Fry form. We had this Thogayal for our lunch along with rice, Brinjal Roast & Paruppu Rasam. This goes well with curd rice also it tasted so so yummy...do give it a try, sure u will love it. Now to the recipe.

Ridge Gourd Chutney

             Ridge gourd chutney is very easy and quick chutney, this goes well with all kind of tiffen varieties like Idly/dosa/Rav dosa/Pongal/Chapthi and even with plain rice also. This is one of my fav chutney but i never tried with its peel, as here we couldn't get that much fresh ridge gourds :(  now to this simple recipe...

Ridge Gourd Pulao

        Usually I make curry with ridge gourd, for the first time I tried something new and it was really yummy. Recipe source - my Mom, yes few days back when I was talking with her she said that she made some masala rice with ridge gourd, brinjal & chayote combo. It was quite interesting to me. She was bored to cook for only 2(mom n dad) & making sambar, rasam n poriyal is too much for her to cook, so she made it to a one pot meal. I too wanted to try her recipe, but I bit changed and tried with ridge gourd,  potato n peas..this was new combo to me but was so good ..enjoyed with onion-cucumber raitha .

Ridge Gourd Curry / பீர்கங்காய் கறி

This is one of my Mom's recipe and my favorite too. My mom makes this curry very spicy and yummy. I just love this curry with hot white rice, too delicious combination. If u don't like ridge gourd, am sure if u try this recipe u will love it to the core. The addition of garlic, clove n cinnamon makes this curry very aromatic and rich. I love adding more garlic to this curry, if u don't like more just limit with 1 or 2. The recipe as follows...