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RAW PAPAYA SWEET AND SOUR CURRY

padmakmurthy

November 3, 2020

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED MAKING RAW PAPAYA SWEET AND SOUR CURRY?

If not, you will definitely try after knowing about the nutritional facts of this wonderful vegetable, available in abundance, almost in every kitchen garden.

Everyone is now HEALTH CONSCIOUS and eats ripe papaya, but even raw papaya has many good healthy nutrients.

RAW PAPAYA HAS ANTI-OXIDANTS, AND DIURETICS, IS RICH IN FIBRE, AND LOW IN CALORIES HENCE SUPPORTING WEIGHT LOSS, IS RICH IN VITAMIN C, AND VITAMIN E, AND KEEPS YOUR SKIN HEALTHY KEEPING WRINKLES AND AGING AT BAY.

The most advantage of this papaya is that it is available all through the year.

Today I am going to show you a tasty dish, using raw papaya namely RAW PAPAYA SWEET AND SOUR CURRY.

It is basically a South Indian curry which is a sweet, sour, and spicy dish and can be consumed with Rice or Chapathi for lunch and dinner.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE RAW PAPAYA SWEET AND SOUR CURRY

Raw papaya medium sized-1 number
Water-to cook 400 ml
Tamarind-1/2 lemon size
Jaggery 1 tablespoon
Curry masala -4 tablespoons (given in the description box as Gojju powder or gravy mix in chutney…..)
Green chilly-1 or 2 in number
Curry leaves-8-10 in numbers
Coriander leaves-a handful
Oil-1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds-3/4 teaspoon
Asfoetida (hing)-1 pinch.
Turmeric (haldi)-3/4 teaspoon
Table salt-1 teaspoon

PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO MAKE RAW PAPAYA SWEET AND SOUR CURRY

Take raw papaya, wash it, and remove sap (a whitish liquid that flows as soon as it is plucked).

Peel the raw papaya and cut them, remove seeds if any, and cut them into 1-inch pieces.

Soak Tamarind in water to extract the pulpy juice.
Slit the Green chilies.
Wash and chop the green coriander leaves.
Wash the curry leaves.

METHOD OF COOKING RAW PAPAYA SWEET AND SOUR CURRY

Take a frying pan. Heat it on a low flame.
Add oil to the pan and when heated add mustard seeds.
Let it crackle, now add green chilies and curry leaves.

when done add turmeric and cut papaya pieces and mix them.
Add salt and saute for a few seconds.

Take about 4 tablespoons of curry powder (Gojju mix).

Dissolve it in 1/2 cup of water and put it in a pan and mix.
Now put 1 glass of water and let it boil for about 4-5 Mts.

At this stage check for the taste, for salt, sourness, and sweetness. (you can adjust)
Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle the chopped green coriander leaves on top