Ash Gourd Thoran / Chal Kumro Thoran is a healthy recipe, that you can prepare at any time with minimal ingredients. It is special from the cuisine of Kerala, which is a dry, flavorful dish with no garlic and a vegan recipe.
Ash gourd is a highly nutritious veggie; as per netmeds.com it augments heart function, detoxifies the kidneys, enhances the digestive system, strengthens the respiratory system, and many more.
Ash Gourd is also known as a white gourd, winter melon, or white pumpkin, and in Bengali is known as Chal kumro. In Thoran recipe, we are not frying and cooking for a long time, so the food value is not getting wasted.
The types of equipment used for this recipe are
- Blender
- Serving bowl/Plate
- Kadai/Fry pan
- Spatula
- Knife
The ingredients required for this recipe are
- Ash gourd/ chal kumro(Cut into small pieces)-3 cups
- Shallots cut in roundels or medium dice cut onion-½ cup
- Cumin seeds-1/2 tbsp
- Green chili-5
- Curry leaves-2 sprigs
- Turmeric powder-½ tsp
- Fresh coconut slices-¼th
- Coconut oil-2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
- Salt, to taste
How to make Ash Gourd Thoran / Chal Kumro Thoran
Take a blender jar, and add the coconut slices, green chilies, and cumin seeds, Make a coarse paste, and keep them aside
Now take a big mixing bowl; add ash gourd, Then add the coarse paste of coconut paste
Also, add the medium dice cut onions
Now add salt, curry leaves, and turmeric powder
Mix them nicely and keep them aside
Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and green chili for tempering
Once they started spluttering add the ash gourd mix, and saute them for a minute
Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for4-5 minutes on a low flame
Open the cover and stir them for 2 minutes on a high flame
Turn off the flame and transfer them to a serving plate and serve hot with rice and sambar.
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Ash Gourd Thoran / Chal Kumro Thoran
Equipment
- blender
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Spatula
- mixing bowl
- knife
Ingredients
- 3 cup Ash gourd/ chal kumro(Cut into small pieces)
- 1 Shallots cut in roundels or medium dice cutonion
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 5 green chili
- 2 spring curry leaves
- 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
- ¼thof a coconut Fresh coconut slices
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tbsp mustsrd seeds
- salt
Instructions
- Take a blender jar, and add the coconut slices, green chilies, and cuminseeds, Make a coarse paste, and keep them aside
- Now take a big mixing bowl; add ash gourd, Then add the coarse paste of coconut paste
- Also, add the medium dice cut onions
- Now add salt, curry leaves, and turmeric powder
- Mix them nicely and keep them aside
- Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and green chili for tempering
- Once they started spluttering add the ash gourd mix, and saute them for aminute
- Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for4-5 minutes on a low flame
- Open the cover and stir them for 2 minutes on a high flame
- Turn off the flame and transfer them to a serving plate and serve hot withrice and sambar.
- serve hot with rice and sambar.