Boda Kakarakaya Curry | Akakarakaya Curry
Boda kakarakaya curry is one of the healthy recipes which can be made easily and tastes great with plain rice. Learn how to make boda kakarakaya curry with our step by step image instructions along with tips.
One of the tastiest vegetables available during the rainy season is spiny gourd, which is one of the rich flavored and shaped like bitter gourd, but definitely not bitter in taste. Users can say that this recipe gives a feeling of eating mutton curry.
Teasel gourd is very nutritious because it contains lots of antioxidants and flavonoids. People like to make a mild gravy filled curry in Telugu-speaking states, as it tastes both sweet and spicy as it contains large amounts of onions.
Tips to make perfect boda kakarakaya curry:
- Frying spiny gourd will not only cook vegetables but also enhance the flavor of our recipe.
- Adding fresh coconut will improve the taste of the recipe.
- If you like to get nutty flavor do not discard its seeds.
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Boda Kakarakaya Curry | Akakarakaya Curry
Boda kakarakaya curry is one of the healthy recipes which can be made easily and tastes great with plain rice.
Ingredients
- Boda kakarakaya/ Teasel Gourd/ Spiny Gourd – 250 gms.
- Oil – required to deep fry
- Fresh coconut – 2 tbsp.
- Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp.
- Onions – 1 cup
- Red chilli powder – 1 ½ tbsp.
- Salt – 1 ½ tbsp.
- Water – to dilute
- Tomatoes – 1 cup
- Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp.
- Cumin seeds/ jeera – ½ tbsp.
- Green chillies – 2 No.
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
- Curry leaves – 1 tbsp.
- Garam masala powder – ½ tbsp.
- Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp.
Instructions
- Prepare spiny gourd by removing tips and cutting them into four halves.
- In a pan add oil and spiny gourd. Deep fry for a while till they change their colour and turn soft.
- In a mixer grinder add fresh coconut, onions, coriander seeds, salt and red chilli powder.
- Grind to a soft paste, if needed add little water and transfer to another bowl.
- Put 1 cup sliced tomatoes in the same grinder to make a puree.
- In a pan, add oil and fry cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green chillies and ginger-garlic paste.
- Saute for a while till the raw flavor of ginger garlic paste is cooked.
- Add curry leaves, onion paste and tomato paste. Cook for a while on low to medium flame.
- Put boda kakarakaya, little water and cook for 2 minutes on low flame.
- Sprinkle garam masala, mix. Garnish boda kakarakaya curry with coriander leaves and serve hot with steamed rice.
Recipe Video
How to make boda kakarakaya curry recipe:
1. Remove the tips and slit into four halves as shown in the image.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add spiny gourd in oil and deep fry till they turn soft and slightly change their colour.
3. Add fresh coconut, coriander seeds, onions and red chilli powder in a mixer grinder.
4. Continue adding a little salt and grind coarsely. Add little water and make a soft paste. Transfer to another bowl.
5. Add tomatoes in the same mixer grinder and make tomato puree.
6. Heat 3 tbsp. in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and green chillies.
7. Add ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and coconut-onion paste and mix well.
8. Put tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes on medium flame.
9. Add fried spiny gourd and mix well. Add little water and cook for 2 more minutes and sprinkle garam masala powder and coriander leaves.
10. Serve boda kakarakaya curry hot with steamed rice or with chapati.
