Beerakaya Karam

Beerakaya Karam Koora recipe- simple, delicious and healthy recipe of Ridge gourd and is a curry prepared in some parts of Andhra (south India).

Ridge gourd is also known to be Beerakaya, torai, gilki, jhinge, peerkangai in different regions of India.Ridge gourd fry dish can be made very easily with few ingredients. It can be prepared in no time.

Ingredients for Beerakaya Karam:

Red chilli powder - 1 spoon
Salt - according to taste
Ridge Gourd / Beerakaya - 3 big
Turmeric - 1/4 spoon
Cumin - 1/2 spoon
Mustard seed - 1/2 spoon
Sesame seeds - 1 spoon
Curry leaves
Asafoetida / Hing - A pinch of
Red Chilli - 1
Oil - 2 spoons

Peel the ridge gourd / beerakaya , wash throughly and chop in a cubes or in a required size, Sometimes ridge gourd / beerakaya may taste bitter so do check the taste of ridge gourd before chopping. Bitter ridge gourd is not fit for cooking so discard it.

Ingredients for Beerakaya Karam

Preparation of Beerakaya Karam:

1. To start with Beerakaya Karam firstly prepare tadka in a kadahi, for that switch on the flame, add oil for tadka once heated add Cumin, Mustard seed, Red Chilli, curry leaves and a pinch of hing and fry for few seconds.

Tadka for Beerakaya Karam

2. Add chopped ridge gourd to the tadka & sesame seeds, mix and cook till ridge gourd pieces become soft.

Add ridge gourd & sesame seeds

3. Now add turmeric and salt to the curry and mix well and fry for couple of minutes.

Mix turmeric and salt to the curry

4. Time to flavour the curry with spices, we will add red chilli powder & mix well and cook in simmer flame for a couple of minutes.

Serving Idea of Beerakaya Karam:

Beerakaya Karam can be consumed with steamed rice with ghee and putnala podi. It also tastes good as side dish with dal tadka rice, sambar rice, curd rice & paratha.