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    Home » Vegetarian Side Dishes » Beerakaya Tokku pachadi, Ridgegourd Peel Chutney ~ Andhra Special!

    Beerakaya Tokku pachadi, Ridgegourd Peel Chutney ~ Andhra Special!

    Published: May 31, 2008 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 25 Comments

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    Growing up, Ridge gourd was not a vegetable I liked to eat. I have always known Amma making a dal with this, though I never complained, somehow managed to eat without making a fuss. After marriage, when I made that dal, I got strong opposion from hubby dear for this. Reason being that that dal can never be spicy. Amma even now fondly says that she can't make it as well as her mom did. So Ridge gourd doesn't find itself much on our table. So imagine my surprise when Athamma re introduced this as Kura. Give a vegetable to Athamma and she is bound to come out with either a kura or a chutney.

    Since hubby dear has no problem in eating this vegetable as kura, we started including this again. We call anything without dal in it as kura and normally taken with chapatis, though it tastes great with rice too. As its chapatis for dinner without fail, making curry with different vegetable makes my life easy. So every 15 days once, we find ourselves peeling a ridge gourd for dinner. Amma also used to prepare a chutney with the Ridge gourd peels. And I remembered the chutney while cooking with the vegetable.

    Amma normally prepares that tokku or chutney when she peels off too much of the skin. Since the dal doesn't really require so much skin, the peel finds itself changed into a chutney. And that's what we did too!

    This is a very simple one. You can ingredients like Cumin, Coriander seeds. But we have not included any of those.

    Ingredients needed:

    Ridge gourd Peels - 1 cup
    Onions - 1 small
    Tomato - 1 small
    Red chillies - 4-5
    Tamarind - 1"
    Salt to taste
    Oil - 1 tsp

    Beera kaya Kura, Bitter gourd stir fry, Ridge gourd peel Chutney with Rice ~ our dinner!

    Method to prepare

    Wash and wipe the ridge gourd. Peel the skin off the Ridge gourd. Chop the other vegetables.

    Heat a pan with oil. Sauté the onions, tomatoes, Red chilies and finally the peels. Let it get fried well.

    Remove and let it cool. Once cooled, add the salt and tamarind and grind to a smooth paste.

    This goes excellently with chapatis or hot rice with ghee!

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    Beerakaya Tokku pachadi, Ridgegourd Peel Chutney ~ Andhra Special!

    Cuisine Andhra Pradesh
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Swati: Sugarcraft India says

      May 31, 2008 at 10:03 am

      Hi Srivalli

      It was a pleasure seeing you today..Really we had lost track of each other..Lets be regular now..
      I missed many lovely posts of yours,..Not any more 🙂

      Take care
      Swati

      Reply
    2. Aparna says

      May 31, 2008 at 10:08 am

      A great alternative to cocnut chutney.
      Ridgegourd is a not something we like, but we like this chutney.
      But then what do I do with the inside? So I steam it and add it the chutney! I make mine without the tomato.

      Reply
    3. Arundathi says

      May 31, 2008 at 10:20 am

      that sounds really unusual - a chutney with the peel? what do you do with the insides?

      Reply
    4. satya says

      May 31, 2008 at 10:32 am

      Simple pachhchadi without any popu...?? Should try...,.Btw, kaakarakaya vepudu looks very yummy..))

      Reply
    5. Siri says

      May 31, 2008 at 10:44 am

      Oh ya, my ammama used to make this beerakaya tokku koora Valli.. and nenu ane danni 'tokku ni kooda vadalava ammama ani'.. hehehe.. looks yummy ...

      *sob face*.. today is the last day for RM..hope we cud chat up regularly in OUR group irrespective of whether RM is ON or OFF.. what say gurls??

      Hugs,
      Siri

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    6. Rachel says

      May 31, 2008 at 12:01 pm

      made use of the peel..looks lovely...

      Reply
    7. kamala says

      May 31, 2008 at 12:05 pm

      Love this chutney Valli.BTW I like ur gravy in the side too.

      Reply
    8. Sukanya Ramkumar says

      May 31, 2008 at 2:01 pm

      Hi...
      My mom used to do this. Ur looks YUM!... Nice recipe to try. Loved the combo of roti with it.

      Reply
    9. ranji says

      May 31, 2008 at 3:20 pm

      Hi sri!!!the platter looks delicious..even i love the ridgegourd peel chutney..i havent made it but i remember my aunt made it many times and i relsihed it..so good to have with idli and dosas!!

      Reply
    10. ranji says

      May 31, 2008 at 3:21 pm

      I also want to add even i feel bad that the marathon is ending today...i sure enjoyed being a part of the team:)

      Reply
    11. Hetal says

      May 31, 2008 at 4:53 pm

      This chutney looks delicious....I also make ridge gourd chutney,but its slightly different than this..

      Reply
    12. indosungod says

      May 31, 2008 at 11:26 am

      Valli, never touched ridge gourd when it was abudantly available now I search and search but can't find any 🙁

      Well,well as for hubby dear was the way it was prepared that made him eat or who it was prepared by that made him eat, check with him Disclaimer: I am not trying to create family problems here. Trust me. 😉

      Reply
    13. Madhu says

      May 31, 2008 at 6:41 pm

      Chutney is delicious, only time i get to eat ridge gourd is when I am in India, miss them so much.

      Reply
    14. TBC says

      May 31, 2008 at 5:59 pm

      I like the chutney. I've never used rg like this.:D

      Reply
    15. Gaurav says

      June 01, 2008 at 12:40 am

      Nice pachadi. Ridgegourd happens to be my pop-in-laws fav. Might make this next time he's visiting us.
      BTW have a surprise for u on my blog 🙂

      Reply
    16. Lavi says

      June 01, 2008 at 2:00 am

      such a tempting plate srivalli..

      hope you recovered from illness...i could'nt call u as i was busy.

      Reply
    17. Cham says

      June 01, 2008 at 5:55 am

      I ve tasted in my friend's house this chutney... What a wonderful Marathon u ve done! I admire all who participated with good spirit!

      Reply
    18. Sandeepa says

      June 01, 2008 at 4:35 am

      Have never had ridgegourd chutney, you guys are master in making chutneys out of all veggies, would love to taste some

      Reply
    19. ashwin_bharathi says

      June 02, 2008 at 2:05 am

      how to make Beera kaya Kura?,pls post the receipe

      Reply
    20. Srivalli says

      June 02, 2008 at 7:27 am

      Swati, yes looks like time just flew and we have not kept up with each others blogs..will check on yours regularly now!

      Aparna, thats a great one..will try that out next time

      Arundathi, but not so with Andhra..this is quite a common one...we either make a gravy with the inside one!

      satya, yeah quite simple..thank you!

      Siri, glad you remembered your granny!..:)

      indo, heheh..that happens right...hahahah...actually its both..pappu becos it was quite bland..next kura as it was prepared by his mom...don't worry I have had many arguments on this account already!

      Rachel, thank y ou!

      kamala, thank you..will post that soon!

      Sukanya, thank you!

      ranji, yeah this goes well with dosas!..not to worry on the RM..we can always mail

      Hetal, yeah do try and let me know!

      TBC, then I recommend you do..its great!

      Madhu, yeah thats bad that you don't get them over there...

      Gaurav, heheh..try for him then...thanks for the thought

      Lavi, yeah thank you..feeling much better now!

      Sandeepa, hhehe...yeah as I said..give a veggie to my mother in law and you will have a chutney ..:)

      Cham, thank you..glad we had support!

      bharathi, thanks for the comment..will post it sometime soon!

      Reply
    21. Kalai says

      June 02, 2008 at 3:45 pm

      I love this chutney, Valli! I also make it, but a little differently. Will try your version next time. Looks delicious! 🙂

      Reply
    22. Wandering Chopsticks says

      June 02, 2008 at 11:27 pm

      Thanks for the submission! I learned a new method for preparing ridgegourd. I usually just make a light soup of it with shrimp.

      Reply
    23. Srivalli says

      June 03, 2008 at 9:44 am

      Kalai, sure do try and let me know!

      WC, soup with RG..thats great..thanks for hosting this event!

      Reply
    24. Kalyn says

      June 04, 2008 at 3:02 am

      Very interesting. I love the idea of not wasting the peels!

      Reply
    25. Pavitra Venkat says

      July 11, 2011 at 11:53 am

      i was just going through rest of the recipes on ur blog and hit on this...looks yummy...will give it a try...
      we prepare the same pachadi in a little different way..try it and let me know if you liked it.. 🙂

      Reply

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