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Ridge gourd and Shrimp cooked together in a thick south indian curry base, a very rare combo. It is typical in our family to pair a veggie with any kind of meat / seafood and this is one of those curry where tender luffa / ridge gourd / peerkangai is paired with shrimp / prawns. This dish suits as a side for rice or to top it over… and also pairs well with tiffin items like idli, dosa or chapati!
Ridge Gourd Shrimp Curry
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Ridge Gourd chopped
- 10 large Shrimp or use 20 small prawns
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 5 each Curry leaves
- 1 cup Onion chopped
- 2 small Green chilli
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1/2 cup Tomatoes chopped
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1.5 tsp Salt or to taste
- 2 tsp Coriander leaves for garnish
- 1 cup Water for light gravy consistency, reduce to 1/2 cup for semi-thick consistency
Instructions
Prep Work
- Wash and peel the rough ridges of the Ridge gourd and chop them finely.
- Clean the shrimp and wash them in cold water and keep aside. You may marinate if you wish with pinch of turmeric and set aside.
Method
- Heat oil in a heavy sauce pan and splutter mustard, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
- Add the chopped onion, slit open green chili and fry till slightly golden.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry for few minutes . (using crushed ginger garlic in the place of taste will add texture as well as taste)
- Now, add the chopped tomatoes and cook until mushy. Add in the chopped ridge gourd pieces at this stage and saute along.
- Followed by turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt. Saute these for 2 to 3 minutes to cook the masala powders.
- Pour in water, reduce flame to low, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
- When done, add the shrimp / prawn and cook for 2 minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve with idli, dosa or chapati!
Video
Notes
Some Eral recipes to try from our page…
ERAL VARUVAL PRAWN MOILEE
Eral Keerai Poriyal PRAWN MOILEE
Eral n spring onion Vadai Eral Kuzhambu
Kovakkai Milagu Eral Masala Eral Kuzhambu
Eral Vadai Avarakkai Eral Poriyal
PRAWN MOILEE Chilli Prawns (Dry)
Prawn Puttu Prawn Mushroom Pulao
Prep Work
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Wash and peel the rough ridges of the Ridge gourd and chop them finely.
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Clean the shrimp and wash them in cold water and keep aside. You may marinate if you wish with pinch of turmeric and set aside.
Method
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Heat oil in a heavy sauce pan and splutter mustard, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
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Add the chopped onion, slit open green chili and fry till slightly golden.
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Add ginger garlic paste and fry for few minutes . (using crushed ginger garlic in the place of taste will add texture as well as taste)
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Now, add the chopped tomatoes and cook until mushy. Add in the chopped ridge gourd pieces at this stage and saute along.
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Followed by turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt. Saute these for 2 to 3 minutes to cook the masala powders.
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Pour in water, reduce flame to low, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
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When done, add the shrimp / prawn and cook for 2 minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.
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Serve with idli, dosa or chapati!
Some Shrimp recipes to try from our site…
shrimp scampi with linguine pasta
Shrimp Biryani
Shrimp Biryani
Royyala Iguru
1. To remove the shell from the shrimp, first hold onto the tail while gently removing the shell around the body, then the tail can be detached completely by just pulling it.
2. After this, the vein has to be removed, make a shallow cut lengthwise down the outer curve of the shrimp’s body using a paring knife, pick out the dark ribbon-like vein running lengthwise along the shrimp’s back.
3. Then rinse the shrimp in cold water and keep them iced or cook them off.
Comments
10 responses to “Ridge Gourd Shrimp Curry – பீர்க்கங்காய் இறால் மசாலா”
how to select a good ridge gourd? whenever i see them in the store they are oozing some type of colored watery sap , kind of yellow colored water….sometimes fungus
forms due to this oozing sap. why is it oozing does it mean its overmature?
Great recipe.I made it with pumpkin. awesome
hi mullai…………i made this dish today….it came out to be too bitter. Is there anything I missed out or is it because of the ridge gourd?
Nagu, there are only two things which could possibly spoil the dish. Unripe tomtoes and matured ridge gourd. Tomatoes should be ripe and juicy, choose ridge gourd which are tender and green. Mature ridge gourd with too many seeds can affect the taste cannot turn the dish bitter. Better luck next time and thankyou.
Mullai, cooked this curry today. I tasted, when i was cooking really awesome. Not much masala but the smell was very nice. Today i’ll take early lunch. Thank u. Bye.
Amma makes brinjal and prawn curry in similar method.
hi akka,
can i use any other vegetable instead of ridgeguard???
Sonali, this recipe works out good with brinjal, bottle gourd, capsicum and sometimes with pumpkin.
Delicious ….
Wow!!!!
Sadhana Raveen