Papaya Curry a semi liquid gravy that goes very well with rice,roti dishes.
Other Names of Papaya:
Raw papaya also called as papali,green papaya, karamusa, kaplanga,Papaw,Paw paw,peper in other languages.Raw Papaya plays a major role in bengali ,Thai and Indonesia cuisine..That's why people's have a great glowing skin :)
Health benefits of raw papaya:
It has highest vitamin A,vitamin C and has more of papaya enzymes than regular papaya.Raw papaya makes your skin feel bright and fresh.Its improves metabolism as well.Its good for diabetics.
Warning:
Unripe papaya has latex causes uterine contractions which may lead to miscarriage.Ripe papaya fruit in moderation can be eaten during first triemster.
What you can cook with Raw papaya:
You can make tutti fruity i recently did,Make Curry like this . raw papaya salad,dry curry etc
Story behind the scene:
After i did tutti fruity i got half of raw papaya remaining ,i was confused of what to do with it.because i never cooked raw papaya.We as kids only eat papaya fruit.Its looked similar to chayote so i thought why not make kootu with it.Then i did.Even my hubby couldn't make it what the curry is made of.It was exactly the same as chayote kootu curry..Looking at the health benefits, now i am going to cook this Raw papaya curry regularly.
Cuisine: Indian Category:Sides Yields:2 cups Prep time:10 minutes Cook time:20 minutes Total time:30 minutes
Ingredients for papaya curry:
Other Names of Papaya:
Raw papaya also called as papali,green papaya, karamusa, kaplanga,Papaw,Paw paw,peper in other languages.Raw Papaya plays a major role in bengali ,Thai and Indonesia cuisine..That's why people's have a great glowing skin :)
Health benefits of raw papaya:
It has highest vitamin A,vitamin C and has more of papaya enzymes than regular papaya.Raw papaya makes your skin feel bright and fresh.Its improves metabolism as well.Its good for diabetics.
Warning:
Unripe papaya has latex causes uterine contractions which may lead to miscarriage.Ripe papaya fruit in moderation can be eaten during first triemster.
What you can cook with Raw papaya:
You can make tutti fruity i recently did,Make Curry like this . raw papaya salad,dry curry etc
Story behind the scene:
After i did tutti fruity i got half of raw papaya remaining ,i was confused of what to do with it.because i never cooked raw papaya.We as kids only eat papaya fruit.Its looked similar to chayote so i thought why not make kootu with it.Then i did.Even my hubby couldn't make it what the curry is made of.It was exactly the same as chayote kootu curry..Looking at the health benefits, now i am going to cook this Raw papaya curry regularly.
Papaya Curry|Papali Kootu
Papaya curry for rice,rotiCuisine: Indian Category:Sides Yields:2 cups Prep time:10 minutes Cook time:20 minutes Total time:30 minutes
Ingredients for papaya curry:
- 2 cups chopped raw papaya
- 2 green chili
- 2 tbsp chana dal
- 3 tbsp moongdal/pasiparupu
- 1 small onion.
- turmeric
- hing
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- few curry leaves.
How to cook papaya curry:
- Cut the raw papaya in to small pieces.
- Add chana dal,moong dal ,turmeric,hing to water .Dal's get soaked in water for 5 minutes.
- Add chopped raw papaya,chopped onion,green chili.
- Add more water if required and pressure cook it for 2 whistles.
- Add oil to tava.now add mustard seeds.
- Let the mustard seeds splutter.
- Add urad dal,curry leaves to the tempering.
- Add pressure cooked papaya along with required salt.
- Let it boil for 5 minutes.
- Papaya curry is ready to be served with rasam rice,sambar rice,Indian flat breads.
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Healthy tasty side dish for rice. Wonderful recipe Satya....
ReplyDeleteThanks Lincy.Its indeed a healthy side dish..
DeleteVery healthy dish. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
ReplyDeleteThis would be awesome with rice...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite curry . Love it
ReplyDeleteDelicious and healthy kootu..
ReplyDeleteloving this pretty curry
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.I was expecting some simple way to do this raw papaya which I got it 2 days back.
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