{"id":4090,"date":"2018-10-15T21:28:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T05:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2018-10-15T21:28:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T05:28:54","slug":"kumbalanga-mezhukku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/kumbalanga-mezhukku\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumbalanga Mezhukku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/kumbalanga-mezhukku\/kumbalanga\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4091\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4091\" src=\"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kumbalanga.jpg\" alt=\"Kumbalanga\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kumbalanga.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kumbalanga-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kumbalanga-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mezhukku\u00a0Puratty (\u0d2e\u0d46\u0d34\u0d41\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41 \u0d2a\u0d41\u0d30\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f)\/Oil-Saut\u00e9 is an authentic vegetable side dish\u00a0preparation in Kerala cuisine, where the vegetable is cooked only using oil, preferably coconut oil. Winter-melon\/ash-gourd\/ \u0d15\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d33\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u00a0is a water filled vegetable very common in Indian subcontinent. Winter-melon Mezhukku Puratti is a very special delicacy in south Kerala and is a perfect side dish for rice, during summer season. \u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Winter-melon \/\u0d15\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d33\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19 : 1 Lb<\/li>\n<li>Green chilli : 5 (Adjust)<\/li>\n<li>Coconut oil : 2 T- Sp<\/li>\n<li>Grated coconut : 1 Cup (Adjust)<\/li>\n<li>Curry leaves<\/li>\n<li>Salt for taste<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut the winter-melon in a medium sized long pieces (see the pic)<\/li>\n<li>Heat 1 T-Sp of coconut oil and add the winter-melon pieces along with green chilli.<\/li>\n<li>Saut\u00e9 it continuously (to avoid oozing water from the winter-melon) at high flame.<\/li>\n<li>You can see some water oozing; continuous gentle stir will dry the excess water.<\/li>\n<li>Do not over cook the pieces, the dish tastes better only if the pieces are crispy.<\/li>\n<li>Once water is dried completely, add 1 Tea- Spoon oil along with salt and mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Finally add the coconut and curry leaves and mix well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/kumbalanga-mezhukku\/wintermelon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4097\" src=\"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/winterMelon.jpg\" alt=\"winterMelon\" width=\"640\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/winterMelon.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/winterMelon-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/winterMelon-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tips:-<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget to stir continuously and keep the flame high, because winter-melon contains more water.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust the coconut, I love more coconut in this mezhukkupuratty.<\/li>\n<li>Use coconut oil for traditional taste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mezhukku\u00a0Puratty (\u0d2e\u0d46\u0d34\u0d41\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41 \u0d2a\u0d41\u0d30\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f)\/Oil-Saut\u00e9 is an authentic vegetable side dish\u00a0preparation in Kerala cuisine, where the vegetable is cooked only using oil, preferably coconut oil. Winter-melon\/ash-gourd\/ \u0d15\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d33\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u00a0is a water filled vegetable very common in Indian subcontinent. Winter-melon Mezhukku Puratti is a very special delicacy in south Kerala and is a perfect side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,24,3,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-p2s","category-healthy-diet","category-kerala-specials","category-side-dish","category-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4090"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}