Friday, October 10, 2008

RIDGE GOURD CRISP AND BWP SALAD.

I love ridge gourd right from my childhood when my mom used to prepare this when am back from school. It goes well with rice as well as a snack item too. We konkani's call it as ''GHOSALE BALLUK''. I know it sounds different. This is simple and quick snack. Its crispy when its eaten hot.


INGREDIENTS.

1 Ridge gourd.

1/2 cup Rice flour.

Salt to taste.

Oil for deep fry.

METHOD.

Peel out the outside skin. Wash it and drain them. Cut into round thin pieces. Apply salt and keep it aside.

In a plate spread riceflour. Take out each pieces and cover them with riceflour all around pressing slightly.


Heat oil in a pan. Drop the piece one by one carefully. Cook till its slight brown.

Serve hot.


DIFFRENT NOTE.

You all must be wondering whats BWP salad is?. Its nothing but ''BROKEN WHEAT POMEGRANATE SALAD''. My friend JAYA has suggested one healthy diet salad which I would like to contribute on behalf of her to ''DIET FOOD EVENT'' HOSTED BY DIVYA. It is equal to full meal and she used to have it in her daily diet. Thanks for the lovly entry jaya and you have presented very well.


INGREDIENTS.

1 cup Broken wheat.

1/2 cup Peanuts.

1 Vegetable soup cube / maggi tastemaker.

1 Pomegranate.

1/2 cup Mint or coriander leaves.

1 tbs Lime juice.

2 tbs Extra virgin olive oil.

2 tbs Chopped onions.(Optional).
Salt and pepper to taste.

For non veggie people, boiled shredded chicken can be added. This makes them perfect.

METHOD.

Soak broken wheat for 2 to 3 hours. Drain and spread on a paper towel to get rid of the water.

Peanuts should be roasted without adding oil.

Mix all the above and tasty healthy salad is ready.


Enjoy!!

30 comments:

Unknown said...

salad looks so colorfull suma and ridge gourd crispa mmm yummy

Jaishree Iyer said...

Ridgeguard Looks delicious and crispy... salad sounds so good and healthy suma. ...gud entry.

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

what a lovely salad? :)

Unknown said...

Really excellant... nice entry... sounds deliicous...

CurryLeaf said...

I like ghosala balluk too.The salad I will try,looks yummy with all the pomegranate

HAREKRISHNAJI said...

delicious blog

anudivya said...

Love both the recipes, especially the pomegranate one. Looks very colorful and healthy.

Cham said...

I love the salad as well ur Ridge gourd crisp, both seems healthy and tasty!

Suganya said...

This is so cool Suma.. Salad looks so colorful... Nice recipes...

Unknown said...

Different ridgegourd recipe Suma..And thanks to u and Jaya for the lovely salad..Thanks for sending it to the event..

Sum Raj said...

thank u my dear friends...

ST said...

Ridge gourd is my favorite too from childhood looks crispy and delicious...Salad looks healthy and colorful and mouthwatering Suma:)

Unknown said...

My hubby loves ridgegourd..shud try yours and thesalad looks yummy

CurryLeaf said...

Kindly accept a cool award here -http://tastycurryleaf.blogspot.com/2008/10/vegetarian-beet-borscht.html

Andhra Flavors said...

Love both the recipes. especially the ridge gourd, its totally new to me.

Lakshmi said...

A very different recipe of ridge gourd dear..nice one

Laavanya said...

I've not had fried ridgegourd before... but i remember seeing a bajji recipe at mahanandi. Must've been yummy.

Anjum said...

Hi suma,thanks for visiting my blog...i spent my whole afternoon seeing ur blog..u have great recipes .,i must try them!!!thanks again

Uma said...

ridge gourd snack looks so delcious Suma! Never heard of it. Thanks for sharing! The salad looks so rich and delicious.

raaji said...

salad looks so colorful and pretty along with the crisps.....

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

The Salad is an awesome idea... EVOO, Pomegranate and peanut they sound filling and really nutrious and fiberous too.

Yasmeen said...

Ridge gourd snack sounds so simple to make. The pomegranate salad sure looks colorful needless to say super healthy.

Usha said...

Ridge gourd snack sounds like a yum snack and the salad looks healthy and delicious :)

Purva Desai said...

Salad looks colourful and healthy and gourd looks drooling too...
Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe

Deepthi Shankar said...

looks yum .. have never used rice flour with ridge gourd

Nidhi said...

Thats sounds like a lovely idea for a salad. Crispy ridge gourd interesting!

Sig said...

I always wait for pomegranate season... it takes the salads to a totally different level. I love your addition of the peanuts.

Pavani said...

it looks delicious and healthy

Shreya said...

love the colours in the salad. The ridge gourd crisp are so innovative. really like the recipe, will try it:-)

Recipeswap said...

This is again new to me broken wheat and pomegranate.looks good