Chori Turia Nu Shaak

Recipe: Chori Turia Nu Shaak

Chori Turia Nu Shaak is a simple and yet very flavourful and healthy stir fry consisting of ridge gourd and long yard beans. It is a vegan side dish and can be gluten free if you don’t add asafoetida. Can easily omit garlic to make it into a no garlic onion sabji or shaak.   Both are cooked in simple spices and generally enjoyed with some hot rotli and tuvar ni dal or kadhi.

What is Chori Turia Nu Shaak?

A simple vegetable side dish or sabji is called shaak in Gujarati. It is usually enjoyed with some rotli or paratha along with a dal and some rice. A typical daily Gujarati meal at my home is one or two shaak, dal or kadhi, roti, chaas and a salad. If I make roti then I don’t make rice, if there is rice on the menu then rotis will not be made. Chori Turia nu Shaak is just simply a mixture of chori and turia. Ridge gourd is a popular vegetable in India and is known as turai, turia. Long yard beans are known as chori in Gujarati. Chori (Vigna Sinensis) is also known as yard long beans, asparagus beans, Chinese long beans or snake beans. The ones available in India and the ones I’ve seen in Indonesia are really long. Turia is ridge gourd.

Other Shaaks

Most daily Gujarati shaaks or vegetables are simple with few spices. Many homes use fresh ginger and fresh green chilis, little or no red chili powder, turmeric powder and all have dhana jiru powder added at the end. Dhana is coriander and jiru is cumin. Every Gujarati Masala(spice)box or tin will have dhana jiru powder.

Here are some simple shaaks you may like:

TINDORA NU SHAAK/STIR FRIED IVY GOURD

Tindora Nu Shaak/Stir Fried Ivy Gourd is a simple but very delicious Gujarati side dish that is usually enjoyed as a part of a main meal. Usually, it goes well with tuvar ni dalor moong daland rotis. This shaak or sabji does not require too many spices, allowing the slight khatta meetha taste of tindora to come out.

Check out this recipe

BHINDA NU SHAAK / STIR FRIED OKRA

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MATAR TURIA NU SHAAK/ PEAS & RIDGE GOURD STIR FRY

Matar Turia nu Shaak is an easy to make, healthy, delicious stir fry, sabji or shaak that is usually served as a part of a main meal with roti, paratha or rice.

Check out this recipe

KARELA NU SHAAK, GUJARATI STYLE

Karela nu shaak is simply a Gujarati style side dish, sabji or shaak as we call it. Chopped karela or bitter gourd is stir fried till done with spices. One can cook it with potatoes or cashew nuts. I chose to prepare it with cashew nuts and raisins

Check out this recipe

 

Papdi and Zucchini Shaak

Ringad Bateta Nu Shaak

 

What Else Can Be Added To Chori?

Try replacing the turia or ridge gourd with chopped brinjal or cook it with some peas. Adding cubed potatoes is another option.

Memories: My Father in Law Loved Chori Turia Nu Shaak

Every Saturday, my father in law loved going veggie shopping to the famous Old Mackinnon Market in Mombasa. Old Mackinnon Market or Markiti as its commonly known was built by the British Company JL Limited in the year 1914 to serve mainly the colonialists. Yes, that’s how old the market is. Years ago it served as a trading centre and was named and opened by then the British Governor of Kenya, Sir Henry Mackinnon. The market is now gazetted as a National Monument. I love going to the market for all my fruits and vegetables. Just the riot of colors, aroma of spices, the sweet fruits  beckoning you and familiar faces makes the trip worth while. So coming back to my father in law, whenever he would go to the market, he would not miss buying chori as it was his favorite. And it had to be chori and turia.

Sharing Chora Turia Nu Shaak With Foodies_Redoing Old Posts

This post has been updated for the Facebook group called Foodie’s_Redoing Old Posts. It is a group that Renu who blog’s at Cook With Renu, thought out and put into action. We’re on our 13th Foodies Redoing Old Posts and I simply love this group. Why? Well, it has got me to pay more attention to my much neglected old posts. For this post I have updated the pictures and a bit of the  write up  of the Gujarati style of using yard long beans and ridge gourd to make a simple and yet delicious and healthy side dish, sabji or shaak. However, the recipe remains the same.

Ingredients Required To Prepare Chori Turia Nu Shaak

Chori

Also known a yardlong beans, barbati, chawli,. They are very long green beans. Choose tender ones. The older pods can be easily opened and you remove the seeds. The tender chawli or chori is cut into ¼ inch pieces. Remove the top and end bits before chopping them.

Turia

Also known as ridge gourd, turai. Choose tender ones. If you press and it gives way even a little bit, the turai has become old. It will not cook properly. Also you need to trim the ends and taste a bit of flesh from both ends to make sure the turai or turia is not bitter. Peel the turai a bit. I usually remove the ridge part and leave a bit of the peel. If the turia are tender the peel will cook easily.

Oil

We need about 1 tbsp of oil . I usually use sunflower oil. Use any oil of your choice.

Mustard Seeds

Rai or sarson ke dane. We need some for the tempering or vaghar.

Cumin Seeds

Also known as jiru or jeera. We need some for the tempering or vaghar.

Carom Seeds

Ajwain or ajmo. We will be adding some to the tempering.

Green Chillis

I prefer to mince the chillis and add to the shaak. However, you can slice them thinly if you wish. Add according to your taste.

Ginger

Peel and minced or grated.

Garlic

An optional ingredient. Peel and slice them or mince.

Turmeric Powder

Haldi, hardar. We need some to add to the shaak.

Coriander Cumin Powder

Known as dhana jiru. It is an essential spice mix for Gujarati cooking. If you don’t have dhana jiru you can easily add 1 tsp coriander powder and ¼ tsp cumin powder.

Asafoetida

Also known as hing. Adds an earthy umami flavour. Omit if you want a gluten free shaak or sabji as hing powder contains wheat flour. Unless, you get pure asafoetida.

Salt

Add according to your taste.

Red Chilli Powder

As we add green chillis, we generally don’t use red chilli powder. However, if you want to, go ahead and add according to your taste.

Sugar Or Jaggery

I personally don’t add as turia tend to be a little sweetish. If you want to, add sugar or jaggery according to your taste.

Fresh Coriander

Washed and chopped, including the tender stems as they are full of flavour. Add some to the shaak and some for garnishing.

Go on check out the recipe for this simple shaak and enjoy it.

CHORI TURIA NU SHAAK 

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Chori Turia Nu Shaak is a simple and yet very flavourful and healthy stir fry consisting of ridge gourd and long yard beans. It is a vegan side dish and can be gluten free if you don't add asafoetida. Can easily omit garlic to make it into a no garlic onion sabji or shaak.   Both are cooked in simple spices and generally enjoyed with some hot rotli and tuvar ni dal or kadhi.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course sabji, shaak, Side Dish

Cuisine Gujarati

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 4 cups chori (500g) chopped
• 2½ cups turia diced
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp carom seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1-2 tsp green chilli paste
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• ¼ tsp asafoetida
• 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 2 tbsp coriander cumin powder
• 1 to 1¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp sugar optional
• 1 tbsp oil
• 3 tbsp fresh coriander chopped

Instructions

 

• Wash the yard long beans. Trim both the ends and chop the beans into about ¼ inch thickness. If you find some of the beans are not tender then open them up and remove the tender beans.Throw the peel away and  mix the beans with the chopped beans.
• Wash and peel the ridge gourd. Chop of the ends and taste it to make sure that the ridge gourd is not bitter.
• I don't like to peel the skin off completely. Cut the turia or ridge gourd into cubes.
• Heat oil in a wide pan. When it is hot add mustard, cumin and carom seeds.
• When they begin to splutter add the chopped garlic. Stir fry till the garlic becomes light pink.
• Add ginger and chilli pastes, turmeric powder and asafoetida.
• Add the chopped turia and chori.
• Add salt and sugar If using any. Mix well.
• Cover and let the vegetables cook for 10 minutes over low heat. If you want to make it in the pressure cooker, then let it cook over low heat for 1 whistle only.
• Add dhana jiru and mix well.
• Garnish with fresh chopped coriander and serve.

Notes

• Can add red chilli powder if you like.
• Taste the ridge gourd from both ends before cutting. It can be bitter sometimes.
• To buy fresh ridge gourd, press it gently between your thumb and finger. If it is soft then its not fresh. Should be a bit firm.
• Dhana jiru is available ready made in Indian shops. However, its very easy to make it at home. Take 1 part coriander seeds and ¼ part cumin seeds. Roast them separately till you get a pleasant aroma. Let the seeds cool and then grind to a powder.

Keyword chawli sabji, chori turia nu shaak, longyard beans side dish, turia chori nu shaak

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