22 April, 2018
Heerekayi nuchhinunde | Ridge gourd lentil steamed dumplings |
ಹೀರೆಕಾಯಿ ನುಚ್ಚಿನುಂಡೆ | ಹೀರೆಕಾಯಿ ಬೇಳೆ ನುಚ್ಚಿನುಂಡೆ |
Today made yet another innovation by adding chopped ridge gourd/heerekayi to our own, traditional steamed snack recipe – nuchhinunde/dal /lentil dumplings, which is also an addition to the list of diabetic friendly recipes.
I have used both togaribele (pigeon peas) & kadalebele (split bengal gram) to make this ridge gourd steamed dumplings and have made it little more spicy to match the blandness of ridge gourd and the lentil of course.
The awesomeness of this dish lies in further procedure, as I’m going to convert these dumplings into matawadi palya (steamed lentil vegetable subji).
My next try will be making the same dumplings, but adding bottle gourd and further converting it into Palya/subji.
Will post/share the matawadi palya recipe by tomorrow. The quantity of ingredients used yields 12 nos., of dumplings of the below shown size.
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml
- Pigeon peas/ Toor dal – heaped 1/3 cup
- Split bengal gram/kadle bele – 3/4 cup
- Heerekayi/ridge gourd – 1 cup
- Green chilli – 2 – 4 nos., (adjust)
- Red chillies – 8 – 10 nos.,(adjust)
- Asafoetida(Hing) – 1/4 tsp
- Grated fresh coconut – 1/2 cup (more or less as per like)
- Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
- Curry leaves (chopped) – 2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
PROCEDURE :
- Wash and soak both the dals for 2 -3 hours
- Drain all the water and grind the dal coarsely adding chillies, coriander leaves, salt and hing without adding water
- Add coconut, curry leaves and chopped heerekayi/ridge gourd to the ground dal mixture and combine well
- Make oval shaped dumplings and steam them for 10 – 12 minutes
- Serve hot
However you can also go through few other recipes which uses ridge gourd as the main ingredient, like
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- No grind fermented tapioca pearls Idly
- Puliyogare using green chilli
- Avarekalu Paratha
- over ripen banana lachha Paratha
- Whole green gram handvo
- Soaked split green gram Paratha
- Tawa spot idly
- Bitter gourd Paratha
- doddapatre tarakari sagu
- sorghum flour stuffed Paratha
- hittina holige or bili holige
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