Ridge gourd Gravy

Ridge Gourd/ Herekai/ Peerekai Palya:
This gravy is eaten along with jola rotti.

Ingredients:
1. Onion - 1 no.
2. Salt
3. Tamrind juice - 4 tbps
4. Red Chilli powder
5. Peanut powder - 5 tbsps
6. Jaggery - 1 cube
7. Oil
8. Grated coconut
9. Garam masala powder
10. Ridge gourd - 2 nos

Method:
1.Cut ridge gourd to little big peices then divide those pieces to four equal halfs, so that the gravy can be stuffed inside. See figure below:

2. Cut onion in small pieces
3. Fry peanuts and grind it to make peanut powder. Let this be a little course.
4. Add tamrind in hot water and allow it to dissolve for sometime. Drain the water to give tamrind juice.
5. Grind onion, peanuts powder and coconut
6. Also add chilli powder, jaggery, tamrind juice, salt to the above and grind.

7. Add little oil to this paste when it is ready.
8. Stuff the above paste inside, the cut pieces of ridge gourd.

9. Add little water to the above and keep it for boiling.

Note: Keep checking this at repeated intervals of time, since this gravy might get charred at the bottom.