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Boda Kakarakaya Curry | Akakarakaya Curry
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

Boda kakarakaya curry is one of the healthy recipes which can be made easily and tastes great with plain rice.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Akakarakaya Curry, Boda Kakarakaya Curry
Servings: 3
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Boda kakarakaya/ Teasel Gourd/ Spiny Gourd – 250 gms.
  • Oil – required to deep fry
  • Fresh coconut – 2 tbsp.
  • Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • Onions – 1 cup
  • Red chilli powder – 1 ½ tbsp.
  • Salt – 1 ½ tbsp.
  • Water – to dilute
  • Tomatoes – 1 cup
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Cumin seeds/ jeera – ½ tbsp.
  • Green chillies – 2 No.
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
  • Curry leaves – 1 tbsp.
  • Garam masala powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp.
Instructions
  1. Prepare spiny gourd by removing tips and cutting them into four halves.
  2. In a pan add oil and spiny gourd. Deep fry for a while till they change their colour and turn soft.
  3. In a mixer grinder add fresh coconut, onions, coriander seeds, salt and red chilli powder.
  4. Grind to a soft paste, if needed add little water and transfer to another bowl.
  5. Put 1 cup sliced tomatoes in the same grinder to make a puree.
  6. In a pan, add oil and fry cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green chillies and ginger-garlic paste.
  7. Saute for a while till the raw flavor of ginger garlic paste is cooked.
  8. Add curry leaves, onion paste and tomato paste. Cook for a while on low to medium flame.
  9. Put boda kakarakaya, little water and cook for 2 minutes on low flame.
  10. Sprinkle garam masala, mix. Garnish boda kakarakaya curry with coriander leaves and serve hot with steamed rice.

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