Prawn Kuvalo(Ashgourd) Curry Recipe

Prawn Kuvalo Curry is a traditional Mangalorean recipe which is made of Ashgourd and prawns. The juiciness and delicacy of the Ashgourd enhances the taste of the curry. You get the perfect bite of flavour of curry in this vegetable.

This dish goes extremely well with hot boiled (red) rice.

Print Recipe Mangalorean Prawn Curry with Ashgourd Recipe Cook Time 40 Minutes Servings Ingredients 10 tbs Grated coconut

5 Parekal Red Chillies

1/4 tsp Peppercorn

1/2 tsp Turmeric(Haldi) powder

1/4 tsp Coriander seeds

1/4 tsp Jeera/cumin seeds

1 Small ball tamarind

1 tbs Coconut oil

1 Ash Gourd

1 Onion

Salt As required

Prawns Cook Time 40 Minutes Servings Ingredients 10 tbs Grated coconut

5 Parekal Red Chillies

1/4 tsp Peppercorn

1/2 tsp Turmeric(Haldi) powder

1/4 tsp Coriander seeds

1/4 tsp Jeera/cumin seeds

1 Small ball tamarind

1 tbs Coconut oil

1 Ash Gourd

1 Onion

Salt As required

Prawns Instructions Grind the grated coconut, red chillies, peppercorn, turmeric, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, one small ball tamarind and 1/2 onion into a paste. Cut the ash gourd and add the masala to it. Boil the Ash gourd with masala, add 1/2 cup of water add salt as required. After Ashgourd is cooked, add the prawns. Bring it to a boil and switch off the flame. In a pan, put 1tbsp of coconut oil, fry 1/2 onion to a golden brown colour and season the curry. Your Prawn Kuvalo Curry is now ready to be served. It can be served with boiled (red) rice.

You can also cook this dish with bottle gourd instead of ash gourd.





Recipe by Pearl Fernandes

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Health Benefits of Ash gourd

1. Keeps stomach free of ulcers

Due to the basic nature of Ashgourd, it helps in reducing the formation of ulcers on the membranes of the stomach and intestine. It also helps against acidity due to spicy food or even fasting for a long time.

2. Acts as an Anti-microbial agent

Ash gourd helps clear away all the harmful bacteria in the stomach and intestine by acting as an anti-microbial agent. This helps in resisting gastrointestinal infections and thereby indigestion.

3. Body Weight

Ash gourd is loaded with nutrients and has 96% of water. It helps in maintaining weight and also helps deal with anorexia i.e help under-weight people get back to normal weight but boosting metabolism.

4. Helps stop bleeding

Ash gourd is a natural anti-coagulant and thereby helps control bleeding. Although it is seldom used to treat external bleeding (except at the time when the leaves are crushed and rubbed on bruises), Ash gourd works wonders for internal bleeding. If taken regularly, it helps stop nose bleeds that occur commonly in summer. Along with that, conditions like haematuria (blood in urine because of internal bleeding in the kidney), bleeding through ulcers, piles and other such internal bleeds can be stopped by consuming ash gourd juice.

5. Helps fight mental illnesses

Ash gourd acts as a natural sedative which thereby helps deal with mental illnesses. It has a calming and soothing effect on nerves and brain. And therefore, it is used for the nervous system such as in treatment of epilepsy, anxiety, insomnia, neurosis and paranoia. A glass of ash gourd juice a day, keeps the stress away.

6. Beneficial for face and hair

When ash gourd juice is applied onto the skin along with lemon juice or as a part of any other face pack, it is known to remove dark spots on the skin and bring a natural glow to the skin.(Shocked? Me too!)

Ash gourd is highly beneficial for the hair too. Ash gourd juice is known as one of the best and lasting remedies for dandruff. All you have to do is apply ash gourd juice onto your hair before you shampoo to get rid of dandruff. If you use coconut oil for your hair, add ground seeds of Ash gourd to it.

Reference of health benefits: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/health-benefits-of-ash-gourd-that-are-not-well-known-298073/amp/