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Watermelon Gravy

Watermelon pod cooked with spices
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 350 gm Watermelon Thanni mathan
  • 2 nos Onions chopped
  • 1 no Tomato cut into small pieces
  • 2 nos Green chillies slit into halves
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1/4 tsp Sugar
  • 1 - Water
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • Salt As reqd

For the gravy:-

  • 4 - Curry leaves can use coriander leaves also
  • 1 no Bay leaf Karuga/Vazhana ela
  • 1/4 tsp Fennel Perinjeerakam
  • 2 nos Cloves Grambu
  • 1 tsp Ginger chopped
  • 1 tsp Garlic chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder

Instructions
 

  • Remove the dark green outer peel and cut the watermelon pod(left after eating the red fleshy portion)into small cubes.
  • Cook it well with 1 1/2 cups of water.
  • Grind the ingredients for the gravy into a fine paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Saute onions, till light brown.
  • Add the gravy paste, coriander powder, curry leaves and green chillies and fry, till raw smell goes.
  • Add tomato and saute, till oil separates.
  • Add the cooked watermelon, salt, sugar and water.
  • Cook it well, till the gravy thickens.
  • :- Can add 1 tbsp of coconut milk or grated coconut in the end. :- You can also add potatoes or green peas along with water melon. :- If you want it more spicy, add 1/2 tsp of crushed peppercorns and 2 tsp of tomato sauce.
  • :- Serve hot with chappathis or bread or appams.
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