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Channa Sheerala Konkani

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A traditional Maharashtrian/ Konkan dish made with ridge gourd and channa dal cooked in spicy creamy gravy. It’s an excellent dish full of flavours.

Channa Shreela Konkani is a typical and delicious Maharashtrain/ Konkan dish made with Channa Dal and Ridge gourd cooked in spicy creamy thick gravy. It’s an excellent... Read More..

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How to make CHANNA SHEERALA KONKANI

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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
25 mins
Total time
35 mins
CHANNA SHEERALA KONKANI
Author : Vahchef
Main Ingredient : Chana dal
Servings : 2 persons
Published date : March 13, 2019


Ingredients used in CHANNA SHEERALA KONKANI
• Water - as required.
• Salt - to taste.
• Garlic cloves (chopped) - 1 tea spoon.
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon.
• Goda masala - 1 tea spoon.
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 tea spoon.
• Coriander powder - 1 tea spoon.
• Red chilli powder - 1 tea spoon.
• Green chillies (chopped) - 2-3 numbers.
• Curry leaves - 1 spring.
• Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon.
• Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon.
• Channa dal (boiled) - 1 cup.
• Oil - 2 tablespoons.
• Onions (chopped) - 1 number.
• Ridge gourd (sheerala) - 1 number.
• Fresh grated coconut - 2 teaspoons.
• Coriander leaves (chopped) - 1 tablespoon.
• Hing - pinch.
Method:
  • Wash ridge gourd and peel its sharp edges and hard skin, cut into small bite-size pieces.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chopped green chillies, chopped garlic and saute them well.
  • Add finely chopped onions, a pinch of hing and saute till it becomes translucent.
  • Add turmeric powder,ginger, red chilli powder, goda masala, little garam masala, mix all spices and add the ridge gourd pieces.
  • In this add water and salt to taste, cover the pan with the lid and allow it to cook for few minutes until the ridge gourd is soft and tender.
  • After 10 minutes of slow cooking add in the boiled channa dal and mix well.
  • Adjust the consistency, check for seasoning and allow it to come to a boil.
  • Add freshly grated coconut, mix and garnish with chopped coriander leaves, switch off the flame and the dish is ready to be served.





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Channa Shreela Konkani is a typical and delicious Maharashtrain/ Konkan dish made with Channa Dal and Ridge gourd cooked in spicy creamy thick gravy. It’s an excellent dish, flavourful and nutritious. A very easy dish to cook and a must try recipe. Ridge gourd is a juicy vegetable which belongs to the same family as cucumber and bears a slight resemblance to it.  Ridge gourd is known by various names in different regions of India. It is called as turai in Hindi, Dodka or Shirale in Marathi, Ghosale in Konkani, Heeraikai in Kannada, Peechinga in Malayalam and Peerkangai in Tamil.

Channa Sheerala Konkani

The ridge gourd is an extremely popular vegetable in the Asian, African and Arabic countries and is also known by other names such as loofah, luffa etc. This vegetable is originally believed to be originated in the Arabic desserts and then spread throughout the world. It has a dark green, ridged vegetable having white pulp (flesh) with white seeds embedded in spongy flesh. Mostly all species of ridge gourd are edible and must be eaten before they mature or else they become woody and fibrous to eat.

In India, there are a variety of dishes made with ridge gourd. Ridge gourd is used for preparing the Beerakaaya chutney or Beerakaaya pappu which are popular is Andhra region. In Maharashtrian cuisine, the ridge gourd curry is prepared either using roasted peanut powder/ fresh grated coconut or with lentils. Ridge gourd also blends well with other leafy veggies, recipes like Ridge gourd and fenugreek leaves, Ridge gourd tomato and urad dal, Beerakaya Mulakkada kura (ridge gourd and drumstick curry), Turai beerakai with milk and many more delicious and mouth watering dishes.

You could also prepare typical and yummy chutney with the peel of the ridge gourd (ridge gourd skin chutney) and flesh separately. Both chutneys, though made from ridge gourd, differ widely in their texture, taste and properties but both have a unique and fantastic flavour. Ridge gourd when added to lentils has an excellent taste and adds nutrition to the dish. Chana dal or Bengal gram dal bean looks just like yellow split peas, but is quite different because it doesn't readily boil down to mush. It's more closely related to garbanzo beans, or chickpeas.

Chana dal is delicious, nutritious and easily digested, and is used in both savoury and sweet (chana dal halwa) dishes. These legumes are also roasted and powdered into chickpea flour (besan) which is widely used for making a variety of pakodas, bhajjis and kadi etc. Channa dal is actually a type of split lentil often used in Indian cooking as a thickener. It has a rich and meaty flavour. When added to veggies, it enhances the flavour of the dish and gives a nutty taste. Channa dal is used for making the traditional dishes from Gujarat state, i.e. Dhokla or Handwa.

Channa dal tastes extremely delicious when added to vegetables like bottle gourd, cabbage (channa cabbage), tindora (tindora and channa masala), brinjal (baingan channa dal) etc. Channa Shreela dish makes a healthier and nutritious dish, mildly spiced and delicious to eat. This curry goes well with roti, rice or any type of bhakri. This is a simple dry curry spiced with green chillies, red chilli powder, garam masala and the special spice from Maharashtra region namely Goda masala and finally sauté off with some freshly grated coconut to give a nice soothing sweetness to complement with the spices.

To prepare this traditional Maharashtrian Channa Shreela Konkani recipe, firstly wash ridge gourd and peel its sharp edges and hard skin. Cut into small bite size pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chopped green chillies, chopped garlic and sauté them well.

Add finely chopped onions, pinch of hing and sauté till it becomes translucent. Add turmeric powder, red ginger chilli powder, goda masala, little garam masala, mix all spices and add the ridge gourd pieces. In this add 1 cup water and salt to taste.

Cover the pan with the lid and allow it to cook for few mins until the ridge gourd is soft and tender. After 10 mins of slow cooking, add in the boiled channa dal and mix well. Adjust the consistency. Check for seasoning and allow it to come to a boil. Add 2 tsp of fresh grated coconut, mix and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Switch off the flame and the dish is ready to be served. Serve with any type of Indian flat breads like roti, chapatti or paratha and rice.

Channa dal along with Ridge gourd is more of a comfort food and eating lentils and vegetables together is great for good health and works wonders on your palate. The channa dal interspersed with the vegetables to create a nice medley. Needless to say, this is a very easy and nutritious side dish that can be prepared in a jiffy. At the nutrition level, this dish is wholesome because of the beta-carotene in vegetables.

Ridge gourd has a sweet taste; it is cooling in nature, light and easy to digest. It is low in saturated fat and cholesterol, high in dietary fibre, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamin, iron, magnesium and manganese. Chana dal is high in fiber and help to lower cholesterol.  Chickpeas are low in fat and most of it is polyunsaturated. Chickpeas are a helpful source of zinc, folate, calcium and protein. Apart from having a great taste, it also has a very low glycemic index, which is important for those with diabetes.

Do try this recipe.

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IGI567890 Posted on Thu Aug 23 2012

first one !

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rrangana11 Posted on Thu Aug 23 2012

Good

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Colors in Games Posted on Thu Aug 23 2012

wow some of the pictures of colorful indian food are very beautiful makes me want to cry lol

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Open the doors to Rapture Posted on Thu Aug 23 2012

haha how he is enjoying the colour :D

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fashiondoll24 Posted on Thu Aug 23 2012

looks tastyyyy

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ViSh Posted on Thu Aug 23 2012

its actually goan

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Colors in Games Posted on Sat Aug 25 2012

he forget ginger? or on purpose? usually curries always have ginger (ginger/garlic paste)

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Zayna S Posted on Sat Aug 25 2012

what is Sheerala ?

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Chris Airplays Posted on Sun Sep 02 2012

Not always. Some curries only use ginger and some only use garlic. If you want to use ginger I'm sure it won't hurt.

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Chris Airplays Posted on Sun Sep 02 2012

There's a recipe for Goda Masala on his channel.

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