Ridge Gourd / Toro

Ridge Gourd is a dark green, ridged and tapering pretty vegetable. It has white pulp with white seeds embedded in spongy flesh. This green fleshy vegetable has an intrinsically bland and insipid taste. Hence, it is commonly used to prepare many customary “desi” dishes such as pakoras, sambhar, dal, chutney and raita, after being adequately seasoned with spices, to enhance its flavour.