Bengalis tend to not waste any food and will come up with innovative ways to make even the toughest food tender, delicious and appetizing. Here is a very simple recipe where we turn the peels of a bottlegourd into a tasty morsel.
Fried Bottle Gourd Peel
Ingredients
- 1 cup peels from bottlegourd
- 1/4 tsp nigella
- 1 tbsp mustard paste
- 1-2 dry red chilli peppers
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder/paste
- 1 tbsp mustard paste
- salt to taste
1 cup peels from bottlegourd1/4 tsp nigella1 tbsp mustard paste1-2 dry red chilli peppers1/2 tsp turmeric powder/paste1 tbsp mustard pastesalt to taste
Steps
- Add the peels, salt and 1/4 of the turmeric into a pot of boling water
- Boil for 10-15 minutes
- Drain and set aside
- Heat the oil over high heat in a pan
- Add the nigella and dr chilis and let splutter for a few minutes
- Add in the boiled peels and fry for 3-4 minutes
- Add the remaining turmeric and cook additional 10 minutes, stirring occassionally
- Add mustard paste and salt to taste
- Stir and cook until the peels are tender
