Ingredients
- 1 medium snake gourd (yields 1½ cups)
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- ¼ teaspoon mustard seed
- ¾ cup chopped red onion
- 1 strand curry leaves
- 2 teaspoons shredded unsweetened coconut
- ¼ teaspoon Sri Lankan chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon ghee (clarified butter)
- Salt to taste
Method
- Slit snake gourd length wise and remove the seeds
- Slit each half into 3 and then chop them into very small pieces (about ½ inch or less)
- Heat a steamer and steam snake gourd until soft and cooked, about 15 minutes
- In a skillet add canola oil and add mustard seeds
- Once the mustard seed start splattering, add onion and fry until golden brown
- Add curry leaves and fry for about a minute
- Add cooked snake gourd and coconut to the skillet and mix well
- Add salt, chili powder to the skillet and fry for about 5 minutes in low flame
- Add ghee to the snake gourd and fry for another 2 – 3 minutes
Yields: 2 servings as a side dish
I am not sure what a snakegourd looks like!..I really like it when you put pictures of the tamil ingredients!..It is such an adventure for me to be able to use all these wonderful new-to-me foods!
nk
snake gourd is called “Pudalankai” in tamil. I will be posting them soon