Ridge Gourd Peanut Chutney

Ingredients:

Ridge Gourd Skins 1 1/2 Cups
Roasted Peanuts 2 tbsps
Green Chiles 2
Tamarind 1 inch sized ball
Salt to taste
Oil 1 tsp

Masala:

Garlic 3 Cloves
Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds 1 tbsp
Whole Red Chiles 2
Oil 1 tsp

Method of preparation:

Wash thoroughly, lightly scrape and slice off outer skin of the ridge gourd.
Wash the sliced skins and roughly chop them.
Remove stems, wash and roughly chop green chiles.
Soak tamarind in quarter cup or less of water and extract all the thick pulp.
Remove stems and break red chiles into small pieces.
Peel and roughly chop garlic cloves.

Heat oil in a pan, add roughly chopped ridge gourd skins, green chiles, tamarind pulp and salt.
Cook covered on medium flame till ridge gourd skins cook a little.

Heat oil in a pan on medium flame, add all masala ingredients and fry them till aromatic.
Once cooled to room temperature, fried masala ingredients are ground into fine powder.
Now grind the roasted peanuts roughly using the same spice blender.
Finally add the ridge gourd skins, few tbsps of water and grind coarsely.
Adjust any seasonings if required and remove the chutney onto a bowl.
Serve ridge gourd peanut chutney with plain steamed rice or with idly, dosa, vada etc…