Snake Gourd-Padavalanga With Potato
Snake gourd, potato, tomato and other ingredients are cooked together to make a yummy side dish.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
- 250 g Snake gourd cut into small pieces
- 1 no Potato cut into small pieces
- 1 no Onion chopped
- 1 no Tomato chopped
- 1/2 tsp Garlic
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 no Green chilly
- 1 no Red chilly
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 2 spring Coriander leaves
- 1 spring Curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder Jeerakam
- 1/2 tsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Sugar A pinch
- Salt As reqd
- Water As reqd
For preparing snake gourd/padavalanga with potato, saute the vegetables: snake gourd, onion and potato in hot oil for 5 minutes and add required salt.
Make a fine paste of green chilly, garlic and cumin powder.
Fry red chilly in hot oil and add the ground paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, curry leaves and 1 tbsp of water. Fry for a minute.
Add the tomato and cooked vegetables. Mix well and add salt, sugar and garam masala.
Pour 1/2 cup of water and cook covered for 5 minutes.
Transfer into a serving dish and pour the melted butter over it. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Snake gourd/padavalanga with potato, a balanced as well as fibrous vegetable, is ready.