Padavalanga Curry

Ingredients

2 ½  cups Snake gourd (chopped)

1 Tomato  ( Large sized )

5 Green chillies

1cup Grated coconut

1 ½ tsp chili powder

½ tsp Turmeric powder

¼ tsp Cumin seeds

1-2 cloves Garlic

2 Dry red chilies

Tamarind -lemon sized

Salt to taste

Few Curry leaves

Mustard seeds

Oil

Directions

First wash, peel and remove the seeds of snake gourd and then chop it to small to medium sized pieces.soak the tamarind in warm water. Then cook chopped snake gourd, chopped tomato, green chillies and curry leaves by adding enough salt and 1 1/2 cups of water for about 20 minutes.Meanwhile grind grated coconut, Kashmiri chilly powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds and garlic to a fine paste by adding enough water.Then add this ground coconut paste to the cooked snake gourd along with tamarind. Then cook it in low flame for about 5-10 minutes and remove from the flame.Next heat little oil in another pan, add mustard seeds and when it crackles, add dry red chillies and curry leaves and fry for less than a minute and add this to the snake gourd curry.

Recipe source : jishaskitchen

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Healthy vegetarian side dishes 

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