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Rasakalan

Ash gourd cooked in yogurt and flavourful coconut masala This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel

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Rasakalan
Main Ingredients Ash Gourd, Yogurt
Cuisine Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Course Main Course Vegetarian
Prep Time 11-15 minutes
Cook time 16-20 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Rasakalan

  • 200 grams Ash Gourd
  • 2 cups Yogurt whisked
  • to taste Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 3 tablespo teaspoon Oil
  • 5 Dried red chillies
  • 1 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
  • 6 tablespoons Scraped coconut
  • 2 Green chillies
  • 1 teaspoon Rice
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons Jaggery (gur) grated
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 10 Curry leaves

Method

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  1. Peel and remove the seeds of petha. Cut into ½ inch cubes and boil in 1 cup of water with salt and turmeric powder till soft.
    Heat 1 tsp oil in a small non-stick pan. Deseed 4 red chillies and tear them. Add fenugreek seeds and red chillies to the pan and sauté for 1 minute.
  2. Grind coconut, green chillies, sautéed fenugreek seeds and red chillies and rice with 2-3 tbsps water to a smooth paste.
    Mix yogurt with the ground paste, salt and jaggery.
  3. Heat 3 tbsps oil in a deep non-stick pan. Add mustard seeds and when they splutter, add curry leaves, 1 broken red chilli and the yogurt mixture. Mix well. Drain petha and add. Mix and cook till it comes to a boil. Serve hot with steamed rice.

Nutrition Info

Calories 1111
Carbohydrates 45.3
Protein 19
Fat 95.1
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