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Pudalangai Kootu recipe / Snake gourd sabzi

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Pudalangai Kootu recipe / Snake gourd sabzi / Snake gourd kootu recipe / Kootu recipe / Snake gourd with dal recipe with detailed instructions and step wise picture. Snake gourd, Pudalangai in tamil and padwal in hindi is commonly used vegetable in Indian cuisine. Snake gourd has a strong odor and bland in taste. My mom use to make stir fry(poriyal) and kootu with this vegetable. I like to make kootu with this vegetable, but at times i make poriyal also, when this snake gourd cooked with dal and coconut paste it tastes good.
To make ground paste
- Add all the ingredients mentioned 'To make Ground paste ' to a blender jar with little jar
- And blend it in to slightly coarse paste and keep it aside
To make Pudalangai / Snake gourd kootu
- Take tender and young snake gourd and peel the skin and discard the seeds and chop it into small pieces
- Now into a pressure cooker add 1/2 cup moong dal, chopped snake gourd, turmeric powder, salt and add water to it and pressure cook for 2 whistles and switch of the flame
- Once the pressure settle down open the cooker and mix the dal and snake gourd / pudalangai once
- Now add the ground coconut paste to the dal and mix it well
- Cook the dal and snake gourd for 4-5 minutes on medium flame
- Finally in a small pan add coconut oil add mustard seedds once it splutters add curry leaves and red chili and add this tadka to dal and switch of the flame
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

To make ground paste

  • 1/4 cup Coconut
  • 1 tsp Cumin / Jeera
  • 2 Green chili
  • 1 Reed chili
  • 1 tbsp Fried gram dal
  • small piece Ginger

Main ingredients

  • 250 gms Snake gourd / Pudalangai
  • 1/2 cup Moong dal
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric
  • Salt
  • Water

To temper

  • 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard
  • 2 spring Curry leaves
  • 2-3 Red chili

Instructions
 

To make ground paste

  • Add all the ingredients mentioned 'To make Ground paste ' to a blender jar with little jar
  • And blend it in to slightly coarse paste and keep it aside

To make Pudalangai / Snake gourd kootu

  • Take tender and young snake gourd and peel the skin and discard the seeds and chop it into small pieces
  • Now into a pressure cooker add 1/2 cup moong dal, chopped snake gourd, turmeric powder, salt and add water to it and pressure cook for 2 whistles and switch of the flame
  • Once the pressure settle down open the cooker and mix the dal and snake gourd / pudalangai once
  • Now add the ground coconut paste to the dal and mix it well
  • Cook the dal and snake gourd for 4-5 minutes on medium flame
  • Finally in a small pan add coconut oil add mustard seedds once it splutters add curry leaves and red chili and add this tadka to dal and switch of the flame

Notes

Instead of Snake gourd you can use other vegetable like cabbage, bottle gourd(lauki), chayote squash (chow chow).
Coconut oil enhace the taste of kootu recipe but you can also use any cooking  oil
Keyword Kootu recipe, Pudalangai kootu recipe, Snake gourd recipes, Tamilnadu style kootu recipe