Stuffed Hirekayi...

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 40 min

Serves for: 4 persons

Ingredients

3 - Ridge guard
2 large - Onion

1 cup – Ground nuts

2 - Green chilly

3 tbsp – Dry Coconut

6 tbsp - oil

1/8 tsp - asafetida

1/8 tsp - turmeric powder

½ tsp - mustard seeds

½ tsp - cumin seeds

½ tsp – Garam masala

½ tsp – Coriander powder

½ tsp - Jaggery powder

1 tsp – red chilly powder

1 tsp - ginger paste

1 tsp – Tamarind paste

Salt to taste

Fresh Coriander

Fresh Curry leaves

Direction for Preparation: 

1.grate skin of ridge guard.Cut 2 inch length ridge guard,slit them into four halves at upper side.

2. Saute these  ridge guards in kadai using 2tbsp of oil, if required use more oil. Saute until the   ridge guard are tender and skin of   ridge guard starts turning into dark green. Switch off the gas and close lid of kadai let the   ridge guard become soft there.

3. In another kadai add 2 tsp oil, roughly chopped onion, green chilly, ground nuts and dry coconut.Saute them in Kadai until onions are transparent.

4. Grind the above mixture of onion and coconut into rough paste.

5. To this paste mix well all the spice powder asafetida, turmeric powder, Garam masala, Coriander powder, red chilly powder, ginger paste, Jaggery powder, Tamarind paste and salt.

6. Stuff above prepared paste in already oil sauted   ridge guard.

7. Now for remaining paste add seasoning of cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, coriander in oil.

8. Add required amount of water and mix well to form curry.

9. Add these stuffed   ridge guard to the above curry and close lid let it boil for 5-10 min in very low flame.

10. Switch off the gas and serve hot stuffed   ridge guard with choice of Indian bread I prepared it with Jawar Roti.