A fantastic way of using up the the peel of the Bottle gourd is by making pachadi (Chutney) with it. There are few variations in making this chutney. Today I paired the bottle gourd peel with green chilly, cumin seeds and coconut. A perfect side for roti and rice.
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Bottle Gourd Peel Chutney
A tasty chutney (pachadi) made with the peel of bottle gourd. Tastes great with rice and ghee.
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 large peel of bottle gourd (dudhi),
- 3 tabslepoons fresh coconut
- 3 green chili
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 dry red chili
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon chana dal
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 pinch asafetida
- 10 curry leaves
- 1-2 tabslepoons fresh coriander leaves, chopped
- 2-3 teaspoons tamarind paste
- 3 teaspoons oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Peel and chop the the skin of the bottle gourd and set a side.
- Heat oil in a pan and add ½ tsp of cumin seeds and the green chili. Sautee for 30 seconds.
- Add the peel of the bottle gourd, turmeric powder and some salt. Sprinkle some water, mix and cover with a lid.. Cook in a low flame till soft.
- Add the coconut and sauté for a minute and turn off the heat.
- Add the tamarind paste and Coriander leaves.
- When the mixture cools down a bit, add everything to a blender and tiny bit of water and form a coarse paste.
- Do the tempering by heating a tsp of oil. Add the mustard seeds and let crackle. Followed by chana dal, cumin seeds, curry leaves, dry red chili and asafetida. Fry for few seconds. Turn off the heat.
- Add the tempering to the pachadi and check for the seasoning. Serve the Bottle Gourd Peel chutney with rice or roti.
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Preethi
peel? never heared that the peels could be used. Nice recipe.
Manjula Bharath
wow very very delicious bottle gourd peel chutney 🙂 nice use of the peel looks delicious !!
Sathya Priya
Lovely chutney madhu
Priya Suresh
I think people wont trash those bottlegourd peels after reading this post, delicious pachadi.
Sayantani
thats a new recipe for me. generally we fry the peels with potatoes. looks wonderful.