Snake gourd stirfry
Frying Snake gourd with Indian spices makes a tastier side-dish.
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18/10/2013
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Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 10-15 mins
Serves : 3-4
Cuisine :
South Indian /Srilankan»Side Dish»
Tags :
Marrow, South Indian Vegetarian
Main Ingredient :
Vegetables
Ingredients :
- Snake gourd/Marrow - 1 small or 250g
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Dry Red Chilli - 1 for medium spicy or 2 for very spicy
- Grated coconut - 1 tblsp (optional)
- Cumin (jeera) powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
- Curry leaves - few
- Oil - 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Urid dhal - 1 tsp
- Chopped onion - 1 tblsp (optional)
- Salt - to taste
Method :
- Peel off the vegetable, cut it diagonally, remove all the seeds and chop it into 1cm slices.
- Boil the vegetable in a pan of water and salt until it is half cooked. Drain it and keep it aside.
- Heat a frying pan on the stove.
- Add oil. Add mustard seeds, urid dhal, chilli and curry leaves and let the mustard seeds pop.
- When the mustard seeds started to pop, add onion and fry for a minute.
- Add the cooked vegetables, turmeric powder and cumin powder; stir for about 1-2 minutes.
- Cover and cook on medium heat until it is cooked well. It might take about 5-6 minutes.
- Open the lid and stir few times and make sure there is any water left for the vegetable to be cooked.
- Garnish with grated coconut.
Notes : Click here for Snake gourd image. This stir-fry is suitable for Rice and Sambar,Rasam, Dhal, Tamarind Egg Curry, Tamarind egg omlette curry or Garlic curry. Please try Marrow stirfry, Kovakkai stirfry or Snake gourd and lentils curryfor a variation.
Other Names : Pudalangaai poriyal
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