Snake gourd Stir-fry | Pudalangai Poriyal

 Snake gourd is a little well known vegetable. It is known as Pudalangai in Tamil. It has lots of vitamins and minerals. It has very less calories. So people who are trying to loss weight can add this vegetable often in their diet. It also stimulates the growth of hair and protects weak hair.

Ingredients:

Snake gourd / Pudalangai - 1

Onion -  1

Green chilli - 1

Split green gram - 1 tsp or (Channa dal - 1 tblspn)

Coconut - 2 tblspn

Cumin -1/2 tsp

Salt - as needed

To Temper:

Red chilli - 2

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Oil - 1 tblspn

Method:

Finely chop onions and green chilli. Grind together cumin and coconut with adding water.

Scrap the skin of snake gourd, slit and deseed them. Cut them into desired shapes.

Heat oil in wok, add mustard seeds, urad dal followed by red chilli and curry leaves.

Then, add green chilli and finely chopped onion. Stir well until it becomes translucent.

Add chopped snake gourd and the dal. Sprinkle little water and close the lid. Stir well in between.

Once done, add in ground coconut, cumin. Sauté for min.

Serve.

Note:

If you are adding channa dal, cook it before adding to the poriyal. Otherwise, add it during tempering process.

Pictorial:

Keep your ingredients ready

Scrap its skin, slit, deseed and chop into desired shapes

Add mustard seeds. When its begins to crackle add urad dal

Add finely chopped green chilli and curry leaves

Add onion and fry till it becomes translucent

Add snake gourd and stir well

Add moong dal and salt to taste

Forgot to add red chilli so added later

Saute for a min

Sprinkle little water and close the lid

When snake gourd is cooked, add the ground coconut cumin

Saute for 1 or 2 mins and remove from flame

Serve with rice