Sorakaya verkadali poriyal is a TamilNadu delicay served with steamed rice and lentil curry. Bottle gourd and peanuts are cooked together make a perfect side dish to complete south Indian meal. The peanut powder binds bottle gourd and all the ingredients together. This is fairly a quick recipe prepared in about 20 minutes.
Ingredients
1 Bottle gourd, cubed
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 Tomato, finely chopped
1 inch piece Ginger
1/2 cup Peanut
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chili powder
2 tsp Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
a sprig of curry leaves
1/2 cup water
Salt
Method
- Dry roast peanut and let it cool. Remove the skin and grind it into powder. Keep it aside
- Preheat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves. When it starts to sizzle, add onions. Saute until onions turns transparent
- Add turmeric powder and chili powder. Give it a little stir
- Then add tomatoes and cook until it softens
- Add bottle gourd and water. Cook for 15 minutes
- Season it with salt and add peanut powder. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes
- Serve hot with rice and curry