Snakeguard Curry Recipe

Snake gourd is one of the vegetables that is widely used in South Indian cooking. Snake gourd vegetable is believed to have a cooling effect on the body and is high in water content. So if you want to loose your weight, you can take snakegourd, ridgegourd, bottlegourd, bittergourd dishes often and these vegetables has highly rich in fibre content. 

Here in this recipe I have included more Chana dal that is cooked with Snakegourd to make the dish tastier and nutritious. Chana dal is easily digestible and rich in proteins. Lets move on to the recipe for easy snake gourd chana dal curry.

Ingredients:

1. Medium size snakgourd - 1
2. Chana Dal - 4 tbsp
3. Onion - no
4. Tomato - 1 small size
5. Green Chilli - 1 no
6. Homemade Sambar powder - 1 tsp
7. Mustard - 1/4 tsp
8. Split Urad Dal - 1 tsp
9. Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
10. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
11. Coriander leaves
12. Cooking Oil - 1 tbsp
13. Salt as per taste

Cooking Method:

• Scrap the outer layer skin of snakegourd with a knife. 
• Cut into 2 or 3 pieces.
• Remove the seeds inside it and wash thoroughly.

Cut the vegetable into small cubes.

• In a pan add oil followed by mustard, urad dal, curry leaves.
• Next add Onion then Tomato. 
• Saute until tomato becomes soft. 
• Now add cubed snake gourd and saute till raw smell leaves.
• After some time add sambar powder, Turmeric powder and again saute it for few seconds.

• Now add water and cook for about 2 mins depends on your quantity. 
• Since we have sauted for some time, at that time itself it was half cooked. 
• So don't overcook. 

• Simultaneously cook chana dal separately in a cooker. 
• Add cooked chana Dal along with the cooked snake gourd. 
• At this time add salt. 
• Close the lid and cook for about 2 mins.

• Finally add grated coconut and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Now our snakegourd curry is ready to have it with plain rice. 
• since we have added more chana Dal the taste will be more when eaten with white rice.

For Making Snakeguard Rice

• In a pan add cooked plain white rice and cooked snake gourd curry. 
• The white rice must be cooled before adding it to the curry. 
• If it is added hot, the rice will be mashed with the curry and the taste differs.
• Mix it gently with spoon. Season with Coconut Oil.

Now our Snakegourd Rice is ready to serve for Lunch