Ridge Gourd

Name: Ridge Gourd (Turai Ki Bhujia)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 2-3 persons
Ingredients: 2 medium Tomatoes (chopped); 5 Whole Dried Red Chillies; 500 g Ridge Gourd (peeled and cut into thin round slices); 250 g Onions (sliced); 3 tbsp fresh Coriander Leaves; 3-4 tbsp Oil; ½ tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tsp Salt

Turai Ki Bhujia

Preparation info

Serves:
2-3
persons

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

VIRSA

By Shehar Bano Rizvi

Published 2021

About

Turai is one vegetable that I seriously disliked as a child, just because of how boring it looked. I didn’t even want to try it, but I fell in love with it when I finally tasted it. Abbo loved this turai recipe by Ammi.

Ingredients

500 g Ridge Gourd (peeled and cut into thin round slices)
250 g Onions (sliced)

Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Fry onions in oil till they become golden-brown.

Add whole red chillies and cumin seeds, fry for a couple of minutes.

Add tomatoes, turai, and salt, and cook covered on low heat (do not add any water).

Garnish with coriander when done.

Serve with boiled rice or with daal and chapati.