Snake gourd ki sabji

Name: Snake gourd ki sabji
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups chopped snake gourd (padwal or chichinda); 1.5 tbsp oil; 1 onion chopped; 1 green chili – chopped; 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp red chili powder; 1 pinch asafoetida (hing); 5-6 curry leaves; 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves; 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; Salt to taste

Monika Jain @monika_jain

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Ingredients

20 mins

2 servings

2 cupschopped snake gourd (padwal or chichinda)
1.5 tbspoil
1onion chopped
1green chili – chopped
1/4 teaspoonturmeric powder
1/2 tspred chili powder
1 pinchasafoetida (hing)
5-6curry leaves
2 tablespoonschopped coriander leaves
1/2 teaspoonmustard seeds ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
Salt to taste

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Steps

20 mins

1

Rinse and then peel 1 snake gourd. Cut the snake gourd in two or three pieces horizontally. Now take each cylindrical piece and cut it vertically from the center in two pieces. Remove the seeds and pith and discard them.
2

Making Snake Gourd Bhaji
Heat 1.5 tablespoon oil in a shallow frying pan or kadai. Lower the flame and then add chopped onion,½ teaspoon mustard seeds.
3

Let the mustard seeds crackle.
Then add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds.
Stir and let the cumin seeds also crackle.
4

Then add chopped padwal, 7 to 8 curry leaves (whole or chopped) and 1 green chili (chopped). Mix well.
5

Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder,red chili powder and 1 pinch asafoetida (hing). Mix again.
6

Add salt as per taste.
Add 1 cup water.
7

Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid and simmer the snake gourd pieces on a low to medium flame till they are cooked.
8

Lastly add 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves. mix well.
Serve snake gourd bhaji with chapatis or as a side dish with dal-rice or varan bhaat. This sabzi also goes very well as a side dish with sambar-rice or rasam-rice.