Potlakaya pesarapappu kura || snake gourd moong dal curry || pudalangai pasi paruppu poriyal

Hi friends, today's recipe is snake gourd moong dal curry || snake gourd curry || potlakaya pesarapappu curry(in Telugu) || padavlkayi palya(in Kannada)|| pudalangai pasi paruppu poriyal (in Tamil) || Padwal curry (in Hindi). It is popular South Indian lentil based snake gourd curry.This snake gourd curry is prepared adding soaked moong dal(pesarapappu) and fresh coconut , ginger spice mixture. It is very delicious and healthy curry that you can have with hot steamed rice or even with roti's and also it is very easy to prepare. This is dry version curry, we can prepare many recipes with snake gourd like snake gourd chutney, bajji, kottu, eguru and my favorite is stuffed snake gourd 😋. This curry is prepared without using onion and garlic so we can have it on fasting days with roti's happily (No Onion No Garlic). Snake gourds which i used today are small type and they are very tender, so i did not boiled it separately.

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Today i used homegrown small snake gourds, my owner uncle & aunty(Revathi Rajendran) are very down to earth and  friendly, they love gardening mainly veggies. Have banana, guava, mango plants, gongura(sorrel), some leafy veggies.  Flowers like jasmine, hibiscus, shanku puvvu(white), waiting for drumstick, tomatoes, turkey berries and chillies to grow 😍. They share all fruits, veggies and flowers with us. Today aunty gave 2 snake gourds(small), so i planned this delicious curry. Happy to share few gardening pics with you all :) 

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Taking this healthy curry to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb groups #220GourdsAreBeautiful theme. By this time you are all aware that i am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week. This week theme is suggested by "Sujata Roy di"  who blogs at batterupwithsujata . We bloggers sharing different recipes using gourds like bitter gourd, ivy gourd, snake gourd, ridge gourd, bottle gourd. Many of us do not like these gourd recipes, but trust me we can prepare many tasty recipes with these gourds. Coming to Sujata di, she shares many traditional (Bengali cuisine) and authentic recipes. I can surely call her as "Sandesh Queen" as she prepare many sandesh varieties like sugar free pineapple sandesh, hazelnut chocolate sandesh which i am planning to prepare. Do checkout her space..

                                                                                                                                         

  


Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Curry
Recipe Cuisine:South Indian
Main ingredients : Snake gourd, moong dal
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   



Ingredients

for grinding

fresh coconut - 1/4 cup

green chilli -1

ginger - 1 inch

for tempering

oil - 2 tsp

mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

cumin seeds - 1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig

hing -  a pinch

others

Snake gourd (small) - 2

moong dal - 1/4 cup

turmeric powder -p 1 pinch

red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp

salt as per taste

coriander leaves - 1 tsp(chopped)

Instructions

1) Firstly wash and soak moong dal in water for 20 to 30 min so or 10 min in hot water.

2) Wash, peel snake gourd then deseed and cut it into pieces.

3) Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds when starts crackling then add cumin seeds, curry leaves and hing. Fry it well on medium flames then add chopped snake gourd,turmeric powder and salt, stir it and cook it for few minutes. Then add soaked moong dal to the above stir it , close the lid and cook it in low to medium flames till snake gourd and moong dal cook well.

4) Now coarsely grind fresh coconut, ginger, green chilli and pinch of coriander leaves.(** check tips)

5) Now add the above coarsely grinded mixture into curry along with red chilli powder, mix everything well and close the for 2 to 3 minutes.

Garnish curry with coriander seeds, that's it our snake gourd moong dal curry is ready to serve :) 

Tips

** Do not grind coconut mixture to smooth paste, just grind it coarsely. Are you can grate coconut, chilli and ginger and add it.

** If you are using large type snake gourd and they are not tender then boil it in water for 5 minutes or till it cooks by adding salt.

** You can also add 1/8 tsp of jeera/ cumin seeds while grinding.

** You can also skip adding moong dal or replace it with chana dal. (but i like adding moong dal ).

Hope these tips and pictures are useful to prepare this curry. Also check other related recipes just by clicking the link below pic..

                    

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Kosambari, Moong dal (Yellow lentil ) cucumber salad

This is my 25th recipe, so I am sharing my favourite Kosambari, this is traditional Karnataka recipe. It is very healthy and tasty, you can have it as salad or you can have it as side salad with your meals. Kosambari is offered as prasadam to Lord Sri Rama on Sri Rama Navami 🙏 . I remember my childhood days, where we use togo temple on Rama Navami for lunch (oota in Kannada). I remember all the traditional food they offer like kosambari, Mandige, Hayagreeva,sweet mango chutney, sambar ....🤤😋😋. Those days never come back. Coming back to kosambari 😛 we  prepare kosambari in different ways. Today's my post is simple and easy using cucumber and coconut.
Also check my Moong dal kheer
                           Pongal

                 Cucumber Kosambari

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 5  minute
Serves : 1 bowl 
Recipe Category: Salad
Recipe Cuisine: Karnataka/ Indian
Main ingredient : Moong dal 
Author:Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Moong dal(yellow lentils) - 1/2 cup
Cucumber - 1/2 cup ( chopped)
Scraped coconut - 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves -  2 tsp
Green chillies - 2
Lemon - 1/2 piece
Salt as per taste

                     Main ingredients pic

For the seasoning

Oil - 1tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 spig
Hing - 1 pinch

Preparation

* Wash Moon dal well and soak it in water for 1 hour.

* Peel cucumber and cut into pieces

Method

1) Drain water and take the moong dal in a bowl.

2) Add cucumber, scraped coconut, coriander leaves, green chillies( missing in pic) to the moong dal.

3) Now squeeze lemon juice to the above mixture and mix it.

4)  Take a pan add oil, let it heat for a second. Now add mustard seeds once it splutters add curry leaves fry it for a second, switch off the flames and add hing.

5) Pour the seasoning into the kosambari and add salt, mix it well.

Yummy and healthy Cucumber Kosambari is ready to serve 😋😋

Note

* Add salt before serving as if added, cucumber leaves water.

* I prefer using scraped coconut instead of grated coconut. As it gives milky taste to the salad.

* Use fresh coriander leaves for good taste.

* You can increase/decrease lemon juice as per your taste.

* You can skip the seasoning.

* You can also use carrot, capsicum along with cucumber. I will post that recipe soon 🤗.

Tips

◆ If you are in hurry and no time to soak moong dal for 1 hour,then soak moong dal in hot water for 30 minutes. Or boil it in cooker, but it taste bit different.

Health benefits of Moong dal

● Prevents normal blood sugar

● Lower blood cholesterol

● Helps in weight lost

● Provide energy

● Boost immunity system etc.,


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