Snake Gourd Kootu | Pudalangai Kootu Recipe

I already have recipe for pudalangai poriyal. Now I wanted to share pudalangai kootu which I used to make using channa dal. This recipe is so simple to make and the also tastes delicious. If interested check out my pudalangai poriyal by clicking the link below... Also please let me know how it turned out for you...
Pudalangai Poriyal

Snake gourd Kootu

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish

Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Snake gourd - 1

Channa dal / Kadala Paruppu - a fistful

Onion - 1

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - a sprig

Salt - to taste

Oil - 1 tblspn

To grind:

Coconut - 1/4 cup

Garlic - 5

Red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Method:

In a pressure cooker, take finely chopped snake gourd, channa dal and salt. Cook for 2 whistles.

In a blender, take coconut, cumin, turmeric, chilli powder and garlic. Blend to a smooth paste.

Heat little oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds. When mustard starts to splutter, add finely chopped onion and curry leaves.

Once onion turns translucent, add the cooked snake gourd. Sauté for 30 seconds.

Add in the ground paste and little salt as we have added already while cooking snake gourd. Cook for 5 mins. Switch off the flame.

Serve with rice.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Scrap the skin of snake gourd

Deseed and chop them into small pieces

Take chopped snake gourd, channa dal and little water in a pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 2 whistles

Once pressure subsides, discard excess water. Keep it aside

In a blender, add coconut, chilli powder, turmeric, garlic and grind it to a smooth paste

Heat little oil and crackle some mustard seeds

Add in chopped onion and curry leaves. Stir till onion turns soft

Now, add in cooked snake gourd dal and saute for few seconds

Add in ground paste to this

and little salt. Mix everything and cook for 3 to 5 mins

Its ready, put off the flame

Serve with rice...