South Indian Style- Snake Gourd with Lentils
South Indian Style- Snake Gourd with Lentils

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, south indian style- snake gourd with lentils. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Snake gourd masala is a simple south Indian side dish. Snake gourd or Podalangai or Potlakaya and channa dal (lentil) seasoned with aromatic Indian spices. Snake gourd with lentils (podalangai kootu) is common in many Indian homes but different cooks have their preferred dhal to make this dish.

South Indian Style- Snake Gourd with Lentils is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. South Indian Style- Snake Gourd with Lentils is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have south indian style- snake gourd with lentils using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make South Indian Style- Snake Gourd with Lentils:
  1. Get 2 cups snake goard, peeled and chopped small
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup chana dal, soaked for 30 minutes
  3. Take 1 onion finely chopped
  4. Take 1 chopped tomato (optional)
  5. Get 2 green chillies
  6. Take 1 sprig Curry leaves
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp chopped ginger
  8. Make ready 1 tsp mustard seeds
  9. Take 2 pinches asafoetida
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  11. Prepare to taste Salt
  12. Get 3 tbsp coconut oil
  13. Prepare For grinding:
  14. Take 1/4 cup fresh grated coconut
  15. Take 1 tsp cumin seeds
  16. Make ready 1/2 tsp whole black pepper
  17. Take 2 dry red chillies
  18. Take 1 sprig curry leaves

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Instructions to make South Indian Style- Snake Gourd with Lentils:
  1. In a pan heat up 2 tbsp coconut oil, add mustard seeds when it splutter add asafoetida, chopped ginger, onion, green and curry leaves.
  2. Add chopped tomato.
  3. Fry just for a few minutes, soaked and drained chana dal. Cover and simmer.
  4. When dal is half cooked add turmeric powder and chopped snake gourds along with the salt. Cook on medium heat with the lid on.
  5. Grind the ingredients given for grinding into a fine paste.
  6. When snake gourd is cooked add the coconut-spice paste, mix well.
  7. Cook for another few minutes. Switch off the flame, drizzle remaining coconut oil on top.
  8. Ready to serve

Sometimes I make a sabzi or bhaji with them and at times I make sambar or any curry with them. I was so restless but did so many things which I will never do, if I had net connection. Well, today I am sharing a simple South Indian kootu recipe which is very common in my house. Snake gourd is found wild in South and Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia and Southern China. Snake gourd is loaded with various nutrients which provide numerous health benefits.

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