Water Melon Rind Curry | How To Use Watermelon Rind For Cooking
Do You Know? The rind and the seeds are edible, taste good and healthy too. A 1 inch cube of rind contains 1.8 calories, negligible sugar, fiber, protein and sodium.
Preparation & Cooking Time: 30 Minutes
YIELD : 2 Serving
Ingredients:
Melon Rind -1 cup chopped into small cubes
Onion -1 large chopped
Tomato -2 medium chopped
Garlic -1 tbsp finely chopped
Chilli Powder -1 tsp
Coriander Powder -1 tsp
Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp
Salt -11/2 tsp
Sugar -1/2 tsp
Fresh Cream -2 tsp
Coriander Leaves for garnish
Method:
- Peel off the dark green part of the watermelon rind and slice the whitish green rind into small cubes. Bring water to boil, add watermelon rind and cook till soft, tender with salt added.
- Alternatively pressure cook rind with salt for 2 sounds.
- Heat oil in the fry pan add garlic, onion and saute well.
- Stir in the chopped tomato and cook till sauce is thickened.
- Add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, sugar and salt.
- Add the cooked melon rind and stir well.
- Cover and cook for few minutes.
- Finally pour in the fresh cream and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve Melon Curry with steamed Rice, Roti / Paratha and Naan.
NOTE:
- Rind can be cooked along with other vegetables too.
- Be careful while peeling the rind skin as this will be very difficult to done, use sharp knife.
16 comments :
wow what a lovely colorful subji :) looks superb
Very good presentation and yes my mom used to make this during the summer for rotis but since my kids do not prefer that much I never make it. Thanks for sharing the nutritional info about the rind and seeds.
never have tried the rinds...now i have a reason to. thanks for sharing this recipe.
hmm never tried the rinds
looks like yummy dish
Nice use of watermelon rind... Healthy curry
delicious and yummy
looks awesome dear :) perfect with rice..
looks divine..beautiful clicks.....
awesome curry,perfect side dish.
Delicious and lovely looking curry.
Deepa
I do dal with this white rinds, curry sounds delicious and brilliant.
very tempting n dis is really interesting...
MAHA
fabulous looking curry dear :)
nice subji
this sounds interesting. Looks nice and tempting too
Never tried making curry with watermelon rind..seen a few recipes,but your version looks delicious,will try next time..
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