Ridge gourd ki sabji

• Servings: 3-4
• Preparation time: 8-10 minutes.
• Frying time: 8 minutes.
• Cooking time: 7-8 minutes.
• Total time: 26 minutes.

For healthy nutritious diet, it makes sense to pushing away oily korma and going for ridge gourd sabji. It goes very well the Ghee (Clarified Butter) smeared Chapati.

It is easy to digest and liked by those who prefer to have light dinner.

Ingredients:

• Ridge gourd: 500 gm
• Onion: 1 no (medium)
• Whole Red chilli: 2 no.
• Panch phoran: 1 teaspoon (cumin, mustard seed, fennel seed, fenugreek seed, and carom seed.)
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Salt: 1 teaspoon (as per taste)
• Ghee/oil: 1 tablespoon

Preparation:

1. Remove the Peel of ridge gourd and chop them in thin slices.
2. Chop the onion in thin slices.

Method:

1. Take a fry pan. Heat ghee, add Panch Phoran, add whole red chilli, and sputter it for few seconds.
2. Add sliced onion and fry it till it turns transparent (3-5 minutes).
3. Add sliced ridge gourd, turmeric powder and salt stir it.
4. Cover it on medium flame for 7-8 minutes or till it is done and soft.
5. Open the cover and cook on high flame till it comes at your choice of consistency (liquid dries up).
6. “Ridge gourd ki sabji” is ready to serve, Serve hot with Chapatti or Dost Paratha.

Ridge gourd ki sabji by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.