There are about vegetables that y'all accept for granted equally y'all larn it inwards abundance, but in addition to then when y'all are inwards a house where y'all don't larn it at all, that is when y'all actually missy those uncomplicated pleasures inwards life. The ash-gourd, or the Kumbalanga equally nosotros telephone telephone it inwards Malayalam (Poosanika inwards Tamil) is i such vegetable. Back dwelling y'all purpose it around every other twenty-four hr catamenia inwards a diversity of ways.
This fourth dimension nosotros decided to utter to our local farmer to grow about Indian vegetables that nosotros actually miss, particularly eating them fresh from the farm. The listing included okra, ash-gourd, long beans, bottle-gourd in addition to ribbed-gourd.., in addition to man child they did grow them actually well. So dorsum to the ash-gourds, they came upwards so good in addition to nosotros are having a wonderful fourth dimension eating them, acre besides helping out our local farmer yesteryear consuming his produce.
In Ayurveda in addition to other traditional eastern medicine practices, ash-gourd is known to endure used equally a full general tonic for its restorative properties. It is rich inwards many vitamins in addition to minerals. It contains 96% water, making it a diabetic friendly in addition to weight-loss friendly vegetable. (hint: brand about fresh raw juice..) Ash-gourd is element of group I inwards nature in addition to thus has a cooling in addition to neutralizing lawsuit on tummy acids, in addition to equally such used effectively for treating digestive ailments. Want whatever to a greater extent than reasons to include this uncomplicated vegetable inwards your diet :) ?
The ash-gourds grow actually large in addition to about of my friends were cry for how they tin laid upwards it. There are endless ways y'all tin laid upwards ash gourd inwards Kerala cuisine. Pulissery (a yogurt in addition to kokosnoot based gravy), pachady (a semi cooked yogurt based salad), olan (ash gourd cooked inwards kokosnoot milk), avial (a mix of veggies alongside spiced crushed coconut) in addition to the listing does non halt hither :). Today's recipe though is non a traditional recipe. It is a uncomplicated hot'n'sour soup which is actually refreshing for a autumn evening, in addition to rattling suited to this uncomplicated vegetable.
Ingredients:
- Ash gourd - iii cups (cubes)
- Tomato - 1 large
- Black pepper - 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Turmeric pulverization - 1/2 tsp
- Sea common salt -as pepper
- Ghee - optional for drizzling
- Lemon juice - optional for seasoning
- Chopped cilantro - for garnishing
Directions:
- Peel the ash gourd, take the seeds, in addition to cutting into cubes. Quarter the tomato.
- Add the ash gourd cubes, tomato, iii cups of water, pepper, cumin in addition to turmeric pulverization to a soup pot (or pull per unit of measurement area cooker). Cook till ash gourd is cooked well.
- Let it cool down, mash the veggies good alongside a wooden spoon or manus mixer. Strain thru a coarse strainer (idea is to larn a semi clear soup).
- Bring the clear soup dorsum to the soup pot. Add common salt in addition to extra pepper if needed. Garnish alongside chopped cilantro in addition to optionally drizzle drops of ghee.
- Serve alongside freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Enjoy!!
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