Friday, June 10, 2011

Padavalanga curry




Today I am sharing the recipe of Padavalanga curry  / Kerala snake gourd curry, which is an easy and delicious curry and it goes well with rice. Snake gourd, a long soft skinned vegetable is also known as serpent gourd or padaval.

Ingredients

Chopped padavalanga / Chopped snake gourd ~ 2 1/2 cups ( small pieces )
Tomato ~ 1 no ( Large sized )
Green chillies ~ 5 nos ( Split length-wise )
Grated coconut ~ 1 cup
Kashmiri chilly powder / Charadan mulaku podi ~ 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder ~ 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds / Jeerakam ~ 1/4 tsp
Garlic ~ 3 cloves
Tamarind paste ~ 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves ~ 1-2 stems
Mustard seeds / Kaduku
Dry red chillies ~ 2 nos
Oil

Method

  • First wash, peel and remove the seeds of snake gourd and then chop it to small to medium sized pieces. 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 paste. 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.


    Enjoy with rice.

    Cheers!!

    36 comments:

    aipi said...

    All I need is some piping hot rice and two big laddleful of that yummy Curry and that would be lunch! :)
    US Masala

    Torviewtoronto said...

    deliciously done I like the addition of coconut looks wonderful

    Julie said...

    Delicious padavalanga curry..Good veggie for summers..

    Vatsala. said...

    Looking delicious
    Show and TEll
    Event Announcement

    divya said...

    wow jisha ,absolutely mouthwatering curry...

    Chitra said...

    looks so yummy and colorfull

    Rinku Naveen said...

    Padavalanga curry looks so colourful and delicious...


    Rinku Naveen
    http://kitchentreats.blogspot.com/
    ....Kinnathappam

    Hamaree Rasoi said...

    Curry looks so deliciously rich and inviting. Great preparation. Loved the clicks.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Swathi said...

    Padavalanga curry adipoli, I like to make curry with dal, they make awesome combo.

    Sobha Shyam said...

    looks very delicious..excellent with hot rice..simple and lovely curry..

    Reshmi Mahesh said...

    Super curry and lovely presentation...

    turmericnspice said...

    lovely colors

    Hari Chandana P said...

    Looks so delicious and tempting.. love it :)
    Indian Cuisine

    Aruna Manikandan said...

    looks healthy and delicious dear...
    lovely clicks :)

    cook from doha said...

    looks really nice........

    Suja Manoj said...

    Adipoli curry,I too make similarly but never tried with padavalanga....yummy curry

    Lifewithspices said...

    Hv never tried this version of curry looks perfect n yumm..

    Toyin O. said...

    Looks yummy, thanks for sharing.

    Vardhini said...

    Love this vegetable. Curry looks so yummy.

    Vardhini
    Event: Dish it Out - Spinach and Garlic
    Event: Healthy Lunchbox Ideas - Broccoli

    Nitha said...

    Delicious.. enikku bhayankara eshtam aanu ethu..

    Unknown said...

    ente fav aanu..ente amma ithu undakkum, but her version is little differnt..kandittu kothi varunnu..yummy!!

    Prathima Rao said...

    Never knew we could make delicious curry from padwala..Looks yummy!!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Priya Suresh said...

    Beautiful curry, never tried snake gourd this way..delicious!

    BeenaShylesh said...

    after a long back iam giving my commends....i was on a short break...i had new commer at my home..a baby girl...
    nice colour and hope tast is better than that

    Unknown said...

    An award for you is waiting!!!

    check out my space - http://relishdelish.blogspot.com/p/hurrah-this-is-it.html

    Sravs said...

    so colorful and delicious !!

    Lavanya Selvaraj said...

    Looks delicious and excellent clicks!

    BeenaShylesh said...

    gud with pachari choru......

    hemalata said...

    less calorie and high protien diet.Nice recipe. I liked it.

    Cozinhando com Amigos said...

    Hello my sweet! What a beautiful blog. Taste of Indian cuisine and I really identifies with his country. So now, I'm more a follower of your blog. Take this opportunity to invite you to visit my blog and know a bit of Brazilian cuisine. If you like, follow me.

    http://kibe-cozinhandocomamigos.blogspot.com/

    Kisses from Brazil!

    Luiz

    Anonymous said...

    Was looking for more veggie currys... I tried this and i lived it! Thankyou! S. K

    JishasKitchen said...

    @ S.K - thanks a lot..glad to know that you loved it...will surely add some more vegetarian recipes...:)...keep visiting...

    Kitchen Rhythms said...

    thanks for the wonderful recipe...tried n tasted really good:)

    Kitchen Rhythms said...

    GOOD RECIPE.

    Kitchen Rhythms said...

    Awesome recipe jisha!!!!tried and it was really good..Thanks.

    JishasKitchen said...

    @ Dreams - Sorry for the late reply..very happy to hear that...:)..Thank you!

    Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...