It’s time you met the most nutritive part of the ridge gourd: the ridge gourd peel. The lovely texture of this ridge gourd peel chutney | peerkangai thol thuvayal bursts with a heady amalgamation of flavours: sweet, sour, chilly, salt (much like scotch) on your tongue making you reach for more.
This tangy and spicy, rich and earthy, quick and easy, and so beautifully ochre, onion tomato chutney moonlights as a gravy and sauce as well, and makes for a great accompaniment for dosas, idlis, appams, rice, pasta and chips or you could eat dollops of it just as it is.
The simple tomato chutney performs a sour and spicy tango on your tongue: bold notes of tangy tomatoes lead the way; the heat follows in a flourish. This 7-ingredient nutritious easy spicy tomato sauce à la Indian is the perfect accompaniment to dosais and idlis, and makes for a tasty base for tomato rice.