Turai Pakodi ki Sabji

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Turai Pakodi ki Sabji

Turai Pakodi – A healthy curry of sponge gourd cooked with fried gram flour nuggets

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Course: Lunch box Recipe, lunch recipe, Main Course

Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine

Keyword: gilki ki sabji, tori ki sabji, turai ki sabji, turai pakodi ki sabji

Servings:

Calories: 157kcal

Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

1 kg Sponge gourd / Turai /Gilki
1 medium Tomatoes / Tamatar
2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
1/2 inch Ginger / Adrak
handful Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
1 tbsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
pinch Sugar / Chini
to taste Salt / Namak
3/4 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
1/3 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
3 tbsp Ghee/Clarified Butter
few Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta

Pakodi

1/3 cup Gram flour / Besan
to taste Salt / Namak
1/2 tsp Red Chili powder / Laal mirch powder
1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
pinch Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1 Green Chilies / Hari Mirch
to fry Cooking Oil

Instructions

Wash and peel turai and then taste it . if it is bitter then discard it else chop into small cubes .
Take gram flour in a deep bowl and add the spices- salt, chili powder, asafoetida and turmeric , add water to make a medium thick paste.
whisk it well t make it light and fluffy .
Heat oil in a pan and make small size pakodis in hot oil , fry till golden and crisp. drain out when done.
In the pressure cooker ,add ghee and then add cumin seed, asafoetida, chopped green chili, curry leaves and then add the chopped tomato and sauté for few seconds.
Add turmeric , chopped turai, salt, chili powder, coriander powder and mix well.
Close the cooker lid and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles on medium heat, no need to add water as turai it self releases enough water while cooking.
Open the cooker when it cool down and then add the fried pakodis in the cooker.
Cover the cooker with the lid (REMOVE THE WHISTLE )and simmer the curry for 5 minutes or cook till pakodi become soft.
Switch off the heat and add fresh chopped coriander and lemon juice and mix well.
Serve with roti or parathas with a spoon of ghee on top and Enjoy.

Notes

Note-

if you have not whisked the gram flour batter properly and the pakodis are not soft then after adding them in the curry , pressure cook for a whistle , then they become soft.

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