pan fried mediterranean veggies

Today's post is very very simple and easy pan fry Mediterranean veggies. I used broccoli, eggplant, carrot, baby potatoes, capsicum, onions. Some information regarding  mediterranean diet - it is a diet inspired by the eating habits of Italy and Greece in 1960's. The principal aspects of this diet includes proportionally high consumption of olive oil, fruits, vegetables, moderate to high consumption of fish, moderate consumption of dairy products. A traditional mediterranean diet consisting of large quantities of fresh fruits,vegetables, nuts, fish and olive oil coupled with physical activity which can reduce risk of serious mental and physical health problems (information from wiki).

As i d't have oven i pan fried these veggies, you can roast these veggies in oven to get crispy texture. The taste of this fry depends on olive oil, herbs and pepper powder we use. I used oregano, pepper powder and red chilli flakes. No need to fry it like our regular curries. Fry onion, broccoli, capscium, eggplant  first then fry potato and carrot as it take more time to cook. Taking this healthy pan fry mediterranean veggies recipe to Foodie Monday BlogHop fb groups #222MystiqueMediterranen theme. This week theme suggested by Archana who blogs at "themadscientistskitchen". Check out her blog for wonderful healthy, tasty and traditional goan recipes. I am planning to try her Honey cake  and churma from her space.

                                                                                                                                         

  


Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Curry
Recipe Cuisine: Mediterranean 
Main ingredients : Mediterranean veggies
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   



Ingredients

Eggplant - half
capsicum - half
baby potatoes - 3
broccoli - 1/2 cup florets
carrot - 1 
onions -2
olive oil- 2 to 3 tsp
salt as per taste
pepper powder - 1 tsp
red chilli flakes - 1 tsp
oregano - 1 tsp
garlic - 4

Instructions

1) wash all veggies and cut into cubes as shown below.

2) Take the above veggies into bowl add crushed garlic,olive oil, salt, oregano, red chilli flakes, pepper powder and saute everything well. Now stir fry eggplant, capsicum, onion, garlic take into plate then fry remaining veggies. At last saute all veggies once and take it into plate.

That's it pan fried mediterranean veggies are ready to serve. You can serve it as side dish or we can have as it is. I know if it is roasted then we will love it , still trust me it came out very tasty.

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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..

                    

                                     Punjabi Kadi

    

                 gummadikaya majjiga pulusu/ pumpkin curd gravy

                 

                                                    sanna kakaraya kaya kura

          

                                                             stuffed bitter gourd

Odisha aloo palanga sabzi

 Potato Spring Onion Fry

                      Matar Fry

              Malai Matar paneer

                                Paneer Lababdar/ Jeera Rice

                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

               Punjabi Dum aloo

                              Kaju curry

               paneer butter masala

                          Kadai Paneer

          Stuffed paneer capsicum            

Hope you like this tasty, delicious and healthy snake gourd moong dal curry. Give it a try and drop your comments in inbox.

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Aruna Saraschandra :)