Day 318: Potato & Ridge Gourd Curry ◄
So this healthful supper looks like 'love', doesn't it? Yes? Please? You see, it's my contribution to Hooked on Heat 's From My Rasoi 's love-themed cooking extravaganza. Love? What's a plate of potato and peas and pepper and ridge gourd (and what's a ridge gourd anyway?) got to do with love? Love. Hmm. Expressed in Indian food. Sure, I could have Googled, even asked around. I could have pulled out a long-neglected cookbook, Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking by Julie Sahni. But what I really (really really) wanted to make was the ridge gourd curry that showed up on Mahanandi more than a month ago. You know how some times a dish just grabs your attention? And even when a thousand other recipes try to intercede, your mind is somehow stuck? Thanks to Indira's coaching, I already had the Thai peppers (and have been throwing them into most everything) and the coconut powder. All I needed was the ridge gourd -- and lucky me, they're