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Sri Lankan Ridge Gourd Curry (Watakolu Curry)

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi November 4, 2013



Sri Lankan Recipe:Ridge Gourd (Watakolu) curry 

Sri Lankan Ridge Gourd Curry (Watakolu Curry)

Ridge Gourd (Watakolu) curry is one of my favourite mild spicy curry from Sri Lankan cuisine.In this curry, ridge gourd is cooked in thick coconut cream. It is mild spicy due to use of green chili and looks pale in colour.

Sri Lankan food-Ridge Gourd Curry

However before cooking ridge gourd,it is required to check whether ridge gourd is bitter or not.
Here is the recipe for Sri Lankan style Ridge Gourd Curry

Sri Lankan Recipes-Ridge Gourd Curry

Ingredients: (for 3-4 servings)
Ridge Gourd 250g
2-3 green chili sliced lengthwise
½ medium sized onion sliced
1 sprig curry leaves
1inch piece pandan leaf/(rampa)
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp raw curry powder
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
Piece of cinnamon
Salt to taste
1 cup thick coconut milk
1 tspn Maldive Fish(umbalakada) –(optional)
¼ tspn of mustard seeds-grinded

Method
Wash & remove skin of ridge gourd.
Cut it into small pieces. Remove the seeds.
Put ridge gourd in a cooking pan & mix all other ingredients mentioned above.
Cook in low heat until ridge gourd is cooked.
Adjust salt to taste.Add some Maldive fish (optional)
Switch off the burner.
Finally sprinkle grinded mustard seeds on top.
Mix well.
Serve with rice & other curries.

Sri Lankan Curry-Ridge Gourd Curry
Ridge Gourd
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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She is a Sri Lankan living in Singapore and shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants. (www.sihelaconsultants.com) She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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9 comments

Manjula Bharath November 4, 2013 - 10:15 pm

pandan leaves is a new ingredient for me 🙂 curry looks absolutely delicious dear !!

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Ruxana Gafoor November 5, 2013 - 5:29 am

its really nice to get to know other region flavors…delicious curry

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Divya Shivaraman November 5, 2013 - 2:48 pm

5 stars
amila that looks fabulous…nice way to use it in your home style cooking method

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Chitra Ganapathy November 11, 2013 - 4:14 pm

5 stars
Very new recipe to me. sounds yummy. bookmarked !

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Swathi Iyer November 11, 2013 - 8:11 pm

5 stars
Ameila, love this curry because it has coconut milk and pandan flavor is there. Do you have egg curry recipes, if so give me the link.

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Maha Gadde November 12, 2013 - 1:31 am

5 stars
healthy luking curry…nice.

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Suja Md November 13, 2013 - 2:13 am

5 stars
This is the first time hearing about this recipe!! thanks for sharing it dear!!

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Eshan July 4, 2015 - 6:13 am

5 stars
Good

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Amila Wickramarachchi July 11, 2015 - 9:31 am

thanks Eshan

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