Peerkangai gravy for rice, we call it as chutney but it is a gravy. Quick and easy way to include the vegetable effortlessly in your diet.
A simple gravy which goes well with rice. Though we call the gravy as chutney. As many will get confused, I just posted as gravy.
After marriage when I made this for the first time, my hubby loved this so much. Till date, he prefers this than sambar for rice.
He just loves the crunchy onion chunks in the gravy. Me too for the same reason love this! We can make the same with yellow pumpkin, pidi karunai, also potato. So here’s the recipe!
Method
- Peel the sharp edges alone of the ridge gourd as shown in the picture. Let some of the green skin be there in the vegetable.
2. Chop them in to chunks and pressure cook it with just little water sprinkled,say one or two tablespoons.
3. Cool down and grind it into a smooth paste.
4. Extract tamarind juice and chop the onions into chunks. Slit the green chillies.
Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil and season with the items given in the To temper table,in order.
Add the onion and green chilli, asafetida and fry till onions turn just transparent.
5. Add the tamarind extract and boil for 2 minutes. Add the ground ridge gourd,salt to it and adjust the water consistency if its too thick.
6. Boil for a 2 minutes and that's all,your gravy is ready!
Serve with steamed rice, ghee(optional) and any of the dry curries. I had with carrot beans poriyal!
Recipe card
Peerkangai gravy for rice
Ingredients
- 1 Ridge gourd Large
- 1 Onion
- 5 Green chilli
- 1 teaspoon Tamarind
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric optional
- Salt
- ¼⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida
To temper
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- ¼ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds Vendhayam
- ½ teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafetida
Instructions
- Peel the sharp edges alone of the ridge gourd as shown in the picture (refer above). Let some of the green skin be there in the vegetable.
- Chop them in to chunks and pressure cook it with just little water sprinkled, say one or two tablespoons.
- Cool down and grind it into a smooth paste.
- Extract tamarind juice and chop the onions into chunks. Slit the green chillies.
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil and season with the items given in the To temper table, in order.
- Add the onion and green chilli, asafetida and fry till onions turn just transparent.
- After that, add tamarind extract and boil for 2 minutes.
- Finally pour the ground ridge gourd, salt to it and adjust the water consistency if it's too thick.
- Boil for a 2 minutes and that's all, your gravy is ready!
Premalatha Aravindhan
Yummy gravy raji!nice presentation.Pictures luks gr8.
Jaishree
Looks yum Raji..It is my fav too!
Rohini
Wow.. This is new to me Raji.. Never tried this way! Marked Ridgegourd in my list in this week's groceries 🙂
Pari
Hi. Nice preparation Raji, I am sure I am gonna love it.
Pavithra Srihari
Hey that super dooper easy peasy recipe da... Its been raining heavily here and I need some really comforting food but at the same time should be chat pat ...
This is as best as I can cook today
Dunno if I am sharing recipe with others or not in blogging , but definitely knowing lots of recipes and cooking them . ..
Loved that peels underneath the bowl .. cute it looks !!!
jeyashrisuresh
never bought ridgegourd after coming here. recipe sounds so simple and yum. cute pictures as usual.
As rohini said, will add ridgegourd in my weekly veggie shopping.
Happy Cook
I love this vegetable and that gravylooks so so good i want the plate with rice and the curry.
jayasree
This is new to me. Sounds interesting. Loved the idea of bowl on the bed of peels.
sowmya's creative saga
nice recipe..i make somethinh where I saute and blend everything together..
Priti
Never made rigdegourd like this before...looks interesting..
Kanchan
quite innovative Raaji !
I always bring ridge gourd once a month atleast and always prepare a dry vegetable with it, this seems quite new !
Priya
I do gravy with ridgegourd but never grinded them, thats very new for me Raji..superb dish..
Preeti Kashyap
bookmarked! Will try this weekend and let you know!
Asha
Beautiful first photo. Love Ridgegourd dishes, gravy looks yum.
Geetha Achal
படங்கள் மிகவும் அருமை...நானும் இதே போல தான் பீர்க்கங்காய் சட்னி செய்வேன்...இதனை எப்பொழுதும் இட்லி அல்லது தோசையுடன் தான் சாப்பிடுவோம்...சூப்பர்ப்...எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்த சட்னி...
Sushma Mallya
i loved the new look of your blog raks, simple and beautiful..and gravy looks delicious...
rekhas kitchen
Love the recipe Raks very new to me looks so tempting
Sailaja Damodaran
Very different gravy...never made this.
தக்குடுபாண்டி
gravynaa kolambu illaiyaa?? ok ok and one more vishayam gravy nanna varanumnaa LG perungayamthaan use pannanum illaiyaa(from ur photo)???..:)
Niloufer Riyaz
Currry looks delicious, n beautiful clicks
Pavithra
Nice and simple one raji.. I love ridge guard.. first clicks is awesome raji. And changes to the outlook is good too dear.
Rachana Kothari
Wow! thats a delicious gravy and I would love to try that yummy platter 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN
thakudu
Kuzhambunnu poata paadhi perukku puriyadhu , to make every one understand i wrote as gravy,we too caal it chutney not kuzhambu ..donno why 🙂 And yes LG perungayam poata dhan supera irukkum! Try and see
Gita Jaishankar
Nice and tasty looking gravy Raji...actually I make a similar one to go as a side dish with idlis...mine is a little bit thicker...this looks delicious wiht rice too 🙂
Anonymous
This is so interesting, a cross between vathal kozhambu and thogayal! I will def try this
Hari Chandana
very interesting.. looks delicious.. nice clicks too..
Aruna Manikandan
Love the new look raji...
Gravy sounds new to me ...
Thx. for sharing dear 🙂
LK
நல்லா இருக்கும் போல இருக்கே .. அது gravythana chutney illaye
வாழ்த்துக்கள்
carrot poriyal looked good more than gravy
PranisKitchen
the step by step explanation thats really good.very easy to understand the recipe.One of my favorite veggie..The curry looks delcious..really liked the platter.
Chitra
Nice click.. I make this only when uncle , aunty is here.. sen dont like this , u know 🙁
srikars kitchen
This is new to me..thxs for the recipe.. looks yummy..
Sharmilee! :)
Not my fav veggie..but looks gud. Ajays study table unaku nala use aguthu super pic 🙂
SpicyTasty
Yummy and it looks delicious. Awesome click..
Nithya
Wow.. looks delicious dear. 🙂 I love the first click 🙂
Jay
HY RAks,
U have a pleasant looking blog with interesting presentation of recipes & really tempting pics...
Gravy sounds like a must try dear.
Shifa Firoz
i hvnt tried this veggie before but ut post makes me tempting!
San
Not so familiar with this chutney,but it looks splendid .Nice pics dear.
Parita
Lovely gravy, something new to me!
Swathi
Raji,
Ridgegourd curry looks really good yummy Easy to make.
Sayantani
thats a very new dish to me but looks lovely with rice. I like ridge gourd so will give it a try.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
Very new dish for me dear. Are you sending it to "Think Tamarind" event. Check the details on the right side bar of my blog 🙂
Shabitha Karthikeyan
New one to me..Whenever I see ridge gourd in Indian Stores I simple ignore..coz I did not know any special recipe..Now I have one..surely will try this..
Cham
That sounds tasty ur thin chutney 🙂 Better way to sneak the veggie! Super recipe!
Priya
i never tried this veggie and a gravy like this...very new to me
Home Cooked Oriya Food
looks wonderful...
Ms.Chitchat
Very tasty looking gravy. Would love to make at home,never tried ridgegourd much.Thanks for the wonderful clicks as usual.
Jagruti
wow..that looks delicious..new to me..great pics!
LG
Ridgegourd gravy looks tempting. We love it with hot rice 🙂
Aparna
yummy curry. new to me
PriyaVaasu
Wow raks, can u pls pass me that plate!!!
Valarmathi
New to me... looks tempting. Lovely presentation.
Sarah Naveen
Curry looks awesome ....gotta try this ..yummy yummy!!
Uma
a new dish to me. looks awesome. Tempting clicks as usual.
Ammu
I just love it. Looks amazing.
Neha
very nice recipe indeed..beautifully written and presented
dee
very nice recipe..
shivashankari14
how about ridge gourd thuvaiyal
Vijaylakshmi
Hey Raks,
My MIL generally says we should not mix two Kayams(Perungayam and Vengayam) in a dish. Not sure about the scientific reason behind though.
Raks anand
Oh its very basic for us to use these two even in sambar we use the same no? I have heard about it but people who do not consume onion, garlic avoid asafoetida too as these all are having strong flavors. Thats what I know.
ShobiGanesh
One of the best i have had so far ....i just gave it a try once and still those are lingering around me ...its gonna be ths dish always if i buy ridge anymore
it has won the show that much ... 🙂 Thanx ..keep going ! Awesome
ShobiGanesh
i havent tasted a dish wth ridge like this so far ...seeing the snap it was much impressive , but i thought i shud give it a try since i have been hunting thru ur site for a long while and it just turned out awesome ..One of the most delicious , i have had so far .... iam just craving these days to buy ridge thinking of ur kuzhambu ... thanx ..
ShobiGanesh
Hmm .. i doubt it raks ...actually my grand ma and uncle all are strict followers behind our culture vaishnavam ..though we these days use garlic and onion to have taste , aroma and to health wise to release the gas whch gets build up due to the intake of our food ..but to substitute those , our culture brings in the ginger and hing ...we use a lot of varieties in hing ... 1) specially for kootu , 2)LG 3 ) kadaa kaayam or perungayam for rasam and few veggies ..we have 3 varieties ..
OMG it will all be like heaven if u use ... iam basically from the town trichy whch is near chennai .u get it there in all the grocery stores ...but u cant use it as like u buy it from the shop as like we use LG ...it has to be dried in the sun and then u got to bring it to a powder form to use it ...anyways happy cooking !! TC
sugi
One ridge gourd is sleeping in my fridge for a longtime. Let me make a try out of that. Thanks for the new recipe raji
kalai vani
Hi Akka,I have tried so many receipe of your blogs,I too made this gravy and sent the photo to you.but now in my area I couldn't find this veggie.I heard yellow pumpkin and potato Will increase our weight. Can I make this using bottleguard.Will this be apt
Raks anand
Bottle gourd does not have any flavor or texture so it wont be nice...