Pudalangai or Snake gourd is one of my favorite veggie but after coming to US I didn’t try this veggie much. It wasn’t as tender as I get in India. So started having love hate relationship with this veggie. :-) Last month my BFF’s mom prepared this subzi and that’s when I remembered this veggie again. We usually prepare kootu with this veggie but I wanted to try the dry curry. So I went with this no onion – no garlic curry and this go well with rice and also with roti.
It is a simple curry with few spices. All you need to do the tadka and fry the spices in the oil and then add the veggie and cook till it becomes tender and soft. And the spices are coriander powder, red chilly chilli powder with turmeric. These three when combined with salt can create a great magic in food. The key thing here is your first fry the spices and then add the chopped veggie.
Ingredients:
- Chopped Pudalangai / Snakegourd – 2 cups
- Dhaniya / Coriander powder – 2 tsps.
- Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – 3/4 tsp
- Ghee or Oil – 1 tbsp
- Hing – 1/2 tsp
- Cumin Seeds – 2 tsps
- Water – 3 tbsps
Steps:
- Heat the kadai or pan and add oil or ghee.
- Once it is hot, add the cumin seeds.
- As they start to splutter add the hing and dry masalas. (Red chilly powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder).
- Reduce to medium heat and fry for 30 to 45 secs and then add the veggie.
- Add salt and sprinkle some water.
- Cover and cook for 3 minutes.
- Check if the veggie is cooked and tender. If not sprinkle some more water, cover and cook for couple more minutes.
- Now remove the lid and cook till the water meters evaporated.
That’s it.
Notes:
- When your frying the dry masalas, make sure the heat is in medium flame.
- Don’t fry the masalas for more than minute. It might get burnt taste.
- You can add the masalas later too i.e. after adding the veggie.
- You can add onions and garlic too for more flavor. But I prefer it this way.
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I am a fan of dry vegetable sides and I love this one.
Thanks a lot Varada.
This is a new way of cooking snake gourd. Will try it some time.
I am not a great fan of this veggie but some varieties I can tolerate. I can try this for my husband though!
This is one of my favorite veggies too and we add coconut as well to the curry. Your version too sounds delicious.
It’s been years I ate snakegaurd. This looks pretty simple.The struggle would be to find snake gaurd in Cleveland :)
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There are so many ways that this simple vegetable can be prepared. I make it with a bit of cooked moong and with grated coconut.
looks nice… husband likes dry fry this looks good will try this
Thanks and let me know how it turned out.
Love this :) I so miss all these veggies here
Thanks.. true. I miss certain veggies here too.
I dont bother to have this fingerlicking goodness curry with some rice, delicious..
Wow Vidhya! this looks nice. I have not made this way! Will try it soon :)
Thanks GB. This style goes well with phulkas. Do let me know how it turned out.
One of my favourite curries. The only thing is that I don’t add water but let it cook on its own. Cover the kadhai with a plate and add water on top of the plate. Takes longer but I like it that way.
Ohhh. Thanks for that technique. Will try that way.
Healthy and flavorful curry…bookmarked it
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I m not a big of this veggie so I buy it occassionally.. Ur version loks super interesting da
Thanks ma. After coming to US I am not trying this that often. But love this way. Its good for rotis and pulkas.