Teasel Gourd Stir Fry Recipe
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What is this thing called?
- This is a seasonal veggie. The wild form of vegetable usually available at the region of forest belts. Thus the name, Forest Bitter Gourd.
- It looks like a mini jackfruit, hence Baby Jackfruit. But it isn’t from the jackfruit family.
- It is a bitter gourd with lot of spiky spines on the body, thus Spiny Bitter Gourd. But it isn’t bitter like the usual bitter gourd diabetes ones are advised.
- Combining all the relevant terms spiny, jackfruit, bitter gaurd, it is also called Jackfruit Spiny Bitter Gourd.
- Since this baby bitter gourd it is not bitter, it is also known as Sweet Gourd. And also Bitter melon.
- And officially these are Teasel Gourd .
These are regional and are involved in traditional types of
recipes of south Indian cooking. Not everyone knows about these gourds. Even if
available at the stores, people would just ignore for the lack of knowledge
about what it is or what can be made of it.
Ingredients:
Teasel Gourd (250 g).
Freshly grated coconut 4- 5 spoon
Red chilli powder (2 spoon)
Salt for taste.
For seasoning: One spoon urad dal, mustard seeds, curry
leaves, one long red chilli, turmeric powder, and 4 spoon of cooking oil.
Teasel Gourd Stir Fry Recipies:
Clean the bitter melon gourd thoroughly since the spiny
texture might hold dirt.
Cut it into half and then chop the halved bitter melon into
long slices.
In a pan, heat oil and add turmeric powder.
Add mustard seeds, dal, curry leaves, red chilli and stir-fry
for a minute.
Now add the chopped teasel gourd and stir continuously.
Close the lid for the pan for 5 minutes. The teasel gourd is
done by now.
To this add grated coconut, chilli powder and salt. Stir
well again.
This makes one of the best vegetarian stir-fry recipies
Teasel gourd has seeds in between which are crunchy even after
cooked.
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