Ribbed gourd or Chinese Okra or Jhina (Hindi)is not a very popular vegetable. I personally never used to like its taste either, but few days back we tried out some recipe with it and it came out real good. This one is easy to cook and tastes great with chapati.

Ingredients:

• Ribbed gourd : 2-3 nos
• Peanuts : 1/2 cup
• Onion : 1 medium
• Garlic : 2-3 pods
• Ginger : 1/2 inch
• Green Chilli : 2-3
• Red chilli : 1-2
• Cumin - 2 teaspoons
• Mustard seeds : 1 teaspoon
• Oil to cook
• Salt to taste

Procecss:

1. Wash, peel and cut the ribbed gourd into small pieces. (1 cm cube)
2. Dice the onion, garlic and ginger, slice the green chillis inti thin and long pieces.
3. Roast the peanuts, one red chilli and one spoon of cumin seeds and gring it with little water to make a thick paste.
4. Heat a table spoon of oil in a wide pan and saute the ribbed gourd it it gets tender (this vegetable is already tender).
5. Heat oil in a separate pan, and saute the remaining cimun, mustard seeds, green chilli and onion.
6. Once onion slight brown, add garlic and ginger.
7. Once the spices are fries properly, add the paste and cook in medium heat for sometime. Add some water in the meantime, if it gets stuck to the pan.
8. After the paste is cooked for about 5-10 mins, the suated ribbed gourd can be added and mixed well with the gravy.
9. Add 1 and half cup of warm water and cover the pan and cook for about 10 mins.

Try it out hot with chapati.