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Watermelon Rind – three ways
June 27, 2007 | 39 Comments
The mystery veggie is watermelon rind - the whitish green part left after you skin the watermelon and scoop out the red flesh.
Three giant clues:
- The watermelon picture in the right sidebar
- The picture ID for olan says ‘wrolan1′.
- This is the ‘W‘ week for Nupur’s A-Z of Indian Vegetables Event at One Hot Stove.
Archana got it right.
Did someone say: “Watermelon is not a veggie.” ???
Veggieness is all in the mind. To us, the red part of the watermelon is a fruit (the watermelon is a giant berry, actually) and the rind is a veggie.
A quarter of a BIG watermelon yielded us three cups of rind. It can be used instead of ash gourd/winter melon/white pumpkin or bottlegourd (doodhi/lauki) in any dish. It has a neutral taste and does not take long to cook.
Other dishes that may work with this ingredient:
Handvo
Sambar
Halwa
In the U.S., people use watermelon rind to make
Preserves and
Sweet Pickles
Under-ripe honeydew melon would also work for these recipes.
Watermelon rind is difficult to hold while grating. Hence, in the muthias, we pureed them to a paste. You may require less liquid in the recipe. We omitted the grated onions, so it compensated for the extra liquid.
Rotting watermelon, filmed over nine days. After watching this, you may never want to eat watermelon again. :devil:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA6v7BVBcEU&mode=related&search=[/youtube]
Filed Under: mor-kuzhambu, muthia, olan, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes, Watermelon
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39 Comments
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Now why would you end with such a video …hmmm !
Great use of the rind Bee, I have only made chutney with it, will try one of these next time, since I have tasted it I am sure they will be perfect in these recipes. Thanks for the idea
Ah comeon, who knew watermelon is a veggie…:mad:
But yeah… all the clues were there…
And the video…. awesome
I am seriously craving some watermelon now…ripe and juicy… do you have a :puke: icon?
I thought it was unripe papaya. Liked the video too – my slices have reached shrink-and-curl stage in the past, not gone beyond that!
Great one jai & Bee…kudos to your creative skills!…who would’ve thought watermelon of all the things….:)
srivalli
http://www.cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com
Watermelon..hmmm.. I chucked that bcoz it was a fruit.. But I should applaud yr creativity.. Now tell me what are you gonna do with those 100 radishes? ;;)
I haven’t watched the video yet. Thought I’d comment first on how great these recipes look, before I actually go and make myself go ewwww! on that film. I really do like the way these dishes sound. Very flavorful!
Now to the video ….
oh eeeewwwwuwwww!
Oh my guess was correct !!!Just can’t believe it. Right now my expressions are similar to those of Miss Universe when she wins the crown
)))
This was a good guess game Bee. You kept us all in a spin
Watermelon rind!!!!! You reminded me of someone who made soup out of pea pods!! and that video……yikes!!!!!!!!!! Running away……..
Oh My God! That video was awwwwwwful…..*GAG*
I thought so… because I was thinking of posting a dish with watermelon rind too.. used widely in konkani cuisine
A-ha!! (for the mystery veggie)…that watermelon video was a featured video on youtube some time back…I rather like it….there’s a series of time lapse videos of several veggies/fruits rotting on youtube…especially a series of deteriorating Jack-o-lanterns post halloween.
On the subject of rotting food – interestingly, one of the extras on the DVD of the Morgan Spurlock documentary ‘Supersize me’ had him store samples of various kinds of fast food in glass jars to see how long they would take to go bad. The McDonalds fries survived looking just as good as they are first served in excess of 30 days (perhaps more) when lots of the other stuff had gone various shades of black, green, brown, purple..
The documentary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersize_Me
the clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pEM0T1Ar5Qo
we’ve seen the movie, but this video is downright scary. – b.
Hi!
so the mystery veggie is water melon rind…THe game was fun.. i kept on thinking about it.. but nothing matched..Please continue the game!!
Nice to know the mystery veggie bee, yes you can say it as a veggie. all the three dishes are yummy. Viji
Hmm,so the mystery veggie is watermelon rind!never occured to me at all!but yes,I have tasted pickle made with this once.My aunt(father’s sister) is extremely creative when it comes to cooking.She once made a chutney(pickly type chutney) with this one.I will see if I can get some watermelon here and try that recipe.
coool watermelon rind, awsome… i was already thinking that it must be it when archana mentioned it, hats off to her!!! i never used watermelon rind, always threw it away… very very innovative…. thanks beeeee
lemme see the video now…
jai and bee…awesome!! what are you two going to come up with next??!! cant wait…you guys are cooking up a storm!!
My aunt-in law uses the rind to make the muthiyas and also handvoh out of it,the handvoh comes out really soft because of the rind. My ba (grandmother) takes the rind, lets it dry in the sun and grinds it in a fine powder, this, she uses in places of Soda and Eno…a much healthier option, in my opinion.
Sheltered New Englander that I am, have only seen watermelon rind in pickles — in my family (though not my own home) they are highly coveted when someone goes to the trouble to make them. I like your uses better
Ugh, i dont like watermelon (or any kind of melon) anyway but that film really sealed the deal for me! *ick*
I like the idea of using the rind, though. Da question is – can you make koottu with it? really?
of course. can make thogayal too ! –Jai
Very clever! Have you guys made savory pancakes with shredded watermelon rind? And hey, decomposition is one of the greatest things on the planet. Can you imagine life if nothing decomposed? Earth would be a mega-landfill…oh, wait, that is already happening.
never used watermelon rind before…should try it out. didn’t dare to see the video
My father used to make the best watermelon rind preserves. Recently I asked him for the recipe, but he said it’s really hard to get good rind anymore–watermelons are being bred to have more red part and less of the white part that goes into the preserves (the green is cut off). And sure enough, every watermelon I get has a skimpy quarter-inch white section that wouldn’t be worth the trouble.
I’m glad to see someone using watermelon rind in such creative ways. The muthia photo is making me hungry!
never knew the rind could be used, thanks for clarifying it’s a veg
wouldn’t dare to watch the video, love the watermelon too much 
wow! you guys a re creative! It never struck me for a moment! Thanks for the recipes
Ahhh, now I see all the clues
Creative use of the rind indeed! I grate them and put them in “Neer Dosa” – just rice and watermelon rind.
And no, I haven’t seen the video yet
Bee, Grate info about the used of watermelon rind. My mom also makes dosas with it. Never knew one could make halwa out of it. Wonder how good that will taste.
wow…so so new to new to me…what a lovely learning experince…never tried watermelon rind before…have to try it….dishes look fantastic…I love the muthia…looks great…thanks for sharing
I never knew the rind was edible or should I say that it can be used as an ingredient when cooking. Thanks for the info. Bee and Jai, the lighting on the Olan pic is mesmerizing. I found myself staring at it for a long time and so many memories of various things just kept flashing through my mind.
Haha, I must be losing it, ‘cos I watched that video in loop!
By the way, is it common to consume watermelon rind or is this your own innovation? In all my years of life, I never realised it was edible! 
But I guess if they have not much taste, should be easy using them anywhere!
we thought of using it as it was on its way to the bin. i wanted something for the ‘w’ veggie, and was wondering what ‘indian veggie’ to cook with watermelon flesh, when i had the rind in my hand. duh!!! tastes neutral and adds body to a host of dishes. – b.
Very clever – ‘recycling Maharashtrian’ as Archana said! I have had watermelon rind relish which was a nice tart-sweet kind of pickle.
On to something decadent, then?
Wow, you really should get an award for your imagination and environment friendliness!
Aha… I never knew this. I have my thinking cap on for AFAM… because the only thing we know with watermelon is JUST CUT IT AND DEVOUR it! (which is what Iam as I write this comment). Love it the way it is.
Thank you for such super cool ideas !
-Soumya
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