Name: Teasel Gourd (Aakaakarakai) Fry
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 500 g Teasel gourd; 1 cup Onion (chopped); 2 nos Green chillies (split); 1 tsp Red chilly powder; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Coriander seed powder; 200 ml Refined oil; 2 sprigs Curry leaves; 1 cup Coriander leaves (chopped); Salt (As reqd)

Teasel Gourd (Aakaakarakai) Fry

Cryspy teasel gourd stir fry

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Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

500 g Teasel gourd
1 cup Onion chopped
2 nos Green chillies split
1 tsp Red chilly powder
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Coriander seed powder
200 ml Refined oil
2 sprigs Curry leaves
1 cup Coriander leaves chopped
Salt As reqd

Instructions

For preparing teasel gourd (Aakaakarakai)fry, cut the tiesel gourds into thin lengthy slices.
Put a deep bottomed frying pan on the stove, add some oil and heat.
Splutter mustard seeds and fry green chillies and finely chopped onions. Fry until they turn dark brown in color.
Add the curry leaves and teasel gourd slices, mix well and fry for a few minutes. Add enough salt and mix well.
Add some more oil and fry them stirring constantly until the teasel gourd pieces turn into deep brown.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves over the preparation and serve hot with rice or pulka or pan cakes.