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Hi..

potlakaya / snake gourd is one of the tastiest vegetable . In Andhra Pradesh many variety of dishes are made out of this vegetable. The plant is a creeper which gives very long and lean snake gourd..the name snake gourd is arrived from� its appearance like snakes�when we touch this vegetable , our hand smell in strong odor� which we don't like.. So we usually peel of the skin which is in ash color ..Most of the people will even the seeds..but i� love eating the seeds are crunchy and tasty..

Here is the simple snake gourd recipe.

serves : 4 persons || cooking time: 20-30 mints

INGREDIENTS:-

Snake gourd 2 lbs (1 kg) / Potlakayalu

Tomato 1 or 2

Onion 1,medium size

Green chilies� 2 or 3 (based on the spiciness of chilies)

Ginger , a small piece

curry leaves few

turmeric powder 1/4tspn

salt and red chili powder to taste

TADKA/TALIMPU/SEASONING:-

Oil 2tspns

dry red chili 1 or 2 , broken into half

garlic cloves 2 , crushed

cumin seeds 1/2 tspn ( jeela karra/jeera)

mustard seeds 1/2 tspn (avalu)

chana dal 1 tspn� (pachi senaga pappu)

urad dal 1tspn� (minapappu)

PROCEDURE:-

• Peel the skin of the potlakaya/ snake gourd� by� rubbing gently with knife on the vegetable�but don't use peeler to peel the skin.We just need to remove the thin layer which is in ash color..so just gently rub the knife on the vegetable.
• Wash the vegetables after peeling the skin and cut them into small pieces , also chop the Tomatoes , onion� , green chillies and a small piece of ginger ( ginger should be chopped very fine)
• Heat the skillet with 2 spoons of oil, when the oil is hot enough , reduce the stove to sim and add the crushed garlic cloves and saute them for few seconds ..now add the remaining� seasoning ingredients such as red chilies , chana dal, urad dal, cumin seeds ,mustard seeds and saute till till mustard seeds crackles.
• Now add chopped onions,green chilies and curry leaves to the seasoning (talimpu) , saut� them till the onions are half cooked..now add the chopped ginger and saut� it for few seconds .
• Now add the chopped tomato and saute it for a minute and add the chopped snake gourd pieces� (potalakaya mukkalu) ,also add turmeric powder,salt and red chilli powder based on the green chilies u used to get the correct spiciness to the curry. stir it well once and cover the lid and let it cook. Place the sove in medium flame now.
• Stir the curry occasionally�after 5 to 10 minutes�stir the curry and you can see the water oozed out of the curry�now reduce the flame to sim � medium and let it cook till done..If u feel that the curry is dry without water , you can add� 1/4 cup of water to it so that it will cook well.Adjust the seasoning and off the flame when its done.

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