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Kuwale Sasam✨️🥥❤️🌿 ( Ash gourd curry) is a tasty and healthy dish of amchi Gsb.It is a traditional, mildly spiced coconut based curry. Sasam means mustard seeds, and as the name suggests this coconut curry is made with ground mustard seeds and finished with a seasoning of mustard and curry leaves
Ingredients :-
Kuwale (ash gourd) – 500 gms .
Fresh Grated Coconut -1 Cup
Roasted Red Chilly – 3 ( byadgi)
Mustard Seeds – 2 tsp. (1 tsp for masala + 1 tsp for seasoning)
1 spn turmeric powder
A small piece of tamarind
Oil -1 tbsp For seasoning
Few curry leaves
Salt to taste.
Method :-
Peel and cut Kuwale (ash gourd) into small pieces removing seeds portion.
Wash these pieces and put in a vessel with some water on gas for cooking. Once it cooks, put turmeric powder. And salt. stir for a minute. keep aside.
Masala:
Add coconut, red chillies , tamarind, and 1 spn mustard seeds to a mixer and grind to a smooth paste.
Now Add this masala paste to the cooked ash gourd.Add water only if necessary to make it a medium thick consistency. Bring it to a boil and cook it for a few minutes on low heat so that the masala blends properly with the ash gourd pieces.
Tempering :
Heat 1 tbspn oil in a small tadka pan
and add the remaining 1 tspn mustard seeds and when they splutter , add curry leaves. Add this seasoning to the ash gourd and masala mixture. Mix well
Our Kuwale Sasam is ready to serve with hot rice.
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