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!!