Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Gray squash poriyal

This is one vegetable I had a lot of confusion in buying. I don't know the Tamil translation for this vegetable, as I have never seen this before:) So when I saw this for the first time in an Asian market, I was not sure of the taste. But bought it one day to trial run. Surprisingly this tasted just like our Ridge gourd. Recording this Indianised gray squash recipe for you all.


Gray squash in a pack.


Ingredients:
Gray squash - 3
Onion - 1/2 cup (chopped)
green chilli - 2 (slit)
curry leaf - 1 sprig
Shredded coconut - 2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tsp
mustard seed - 1/2 tsp
cumin seed - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste

Method:
Peel and chop the squash. keep aside.
Heat oil in a wok.
Add mustard seeds and let them pop.
Immediately add chopped onion, curry leaf, green chilly and stir well til the onion gets semi cooked.
Now add the chopped squash along with 1/2 cup water and cook it tightly covered till the squash gets soft.
Add salt to taste.
Then add the cumin and shredded coconut and stir to loose all the moisture.
Take off heat.
Gray squash stir fry is ready!

Serving suggestions:
The above said quantity can be served for 3 people.
Serve as side dish with roti or sambar rice, rasam or any spicy puli kulambu.

21 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Grey squash, i have seen them somewhere, but i thought thats it a variety of zucchini..Poriyal looks awesome..

Cool Lassi(e) said...

Very informative post. I don't think I ever saw this in the grocery store. Should go look for it. Lovely poriyal!

Swathi said...

Grey squash poriyal looks delicious. I usually ignore this guy. Now i have to buy it.

Soumya said...

Delicious poriyal...

Sushma Mallya said...

I have not seen this anywhere,but would love to have this one too....looks simple and delicious...

Niloufer Riyaz said...

poriyal looks delicious!!!

dsdsds said...

Nice poriyal.. I guess the indian version suits with almost many fiber rich food

San said...

Healthy poriyal ,love to have it with sambar rice .

Hamaree Rasoi said...

HI Viki

Grey Squash Poriyal looks delicious.


Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

aipi said...

Have never seen or heard of this squash..nice easy- breezy recipe !

US Masala

Cham said...

I ve seen this veggie, thought it was baby zucchini like Priya! Good to know the difference!

Pavithra Elangovan said...

That looks so so delicious.. and i too make this ..it tastes aweosome.

Unknown said...

Looks delicious and different.

Sangi said...

simple n easy poriyal.. but never heard of this gray squash..

Rachana said...

I've never had gray squash. Must find them to try out this poriyal.

Lena Jayadev said...

i have seen them, bt never tasted.. poriyal looks delicious... :)

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Rumana Rawat said...

Yummy looking poriyal:)

Umm Mymoonah said...

This looks just like zucchini as Priya said, but the poriyal is very simple and delicious.

Pushpa said...

Yummy grey squash poriyam.Delicious.

Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

Ushnish Ghosh said...

Dear Viki
Very nice dish> I have never tried or eaten squash in India .
LOL reading you comment at my Biriyani blog...my kitchen is an indian kitchen and I am proud of that..what you see in the photo is very diff from what it is..to take the shot , you cant imagine what junks I had to push aside, what i had to dump on the floor so that they dont appear in the photo.
Go on clicking and post...forget how an Indian kitchen looks...Indian kitchens are always overcrowded...and thats why you get the best of recipes.
Just bake and Grill and microwave...you will have a great kitchen look...and food ...hummm I dont know what u get finally.
Have a nice weekend

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