Snake Gourd Veg without Coconut Recipe
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Snake Gourd Veg without Coconut Recipe
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Snake Gourd
- 2 Medium sized Onions (chopped fine)
- 3 Green chillies (chopped fine)
- 1 Tspn Turmeric powder
- 1 Tspn Mustard Seeds
- 6-8 Curry leaves
- 1 Tbspn Oil
- 1/4 Cup Water
- 1 Tspn Coconut oil or any other cooking oil (for the tadka)
Instructions
- Slit the Snake gourd vertically into two halves
- Take off the seeds
- Wash the Snake gourd thoroughly
- Cut Them into fine strips
- Place the cut Snake gourd, chopped onions, chillies, salt, turmeric powder, oil and water into a wide skillet and cover the skillet with a lid
- Place the skillet on medium flame and let it all boil together
- Once it starts to boil turn the gas to high flame and keep tossing and turning the vegetable at intervals and let all the water dry out
- Once all the water has dried out, turn the flame off
- In a tadka pan, add 1 tspn coconut oil or any other cooking oil of your choice
- Place it on medium flame
- Once the oil becomes hot, drop in the mustard seeds and Curry leaves
- Just keep it for 6-8 secondsNote:-Do not let the Curry leaves turn brown
- Add this tadka into your Vegetable and give it a gentle mix and cover the vegetable for about 10-15 minutes for the tadka flavour to stay inside the skillet
- Enjoy this simple yet delicious recipe as a side dish or enjoy it with hot chapatis 😋😋