Padavalanga pachadi / Snake gourd pachadi is a Kerala style coconut, curd and mustard based curry made with snake gourd and goes well with rice. Snake gourd is called padavalanga in Kerala. Padavalanga Pachadi /Kerala style Snake gourd Pachadi recipe is given below with step by step photos.
The following ingredients are needed to prepare Padavalanga Pachadi / Snake gourd Pachadi.
Ingredients:-
Snake gourd -2 cup chopped
Green chillies.-2 half slit
Curd. -1/2 cup
Salt. -to taste
For grinding Coconut Mustard Paste:-
Grated coconut. -3/4 cup
Cumin seeds. -1 and 1/4 tsp
Ginger chopped.-1tsp
Mustard seeds. -1/2 tsp
For Seasoning:-
Mustard seeds. -1tsp
Dry red chillies.-2 broken
Curry leaves. -few
Coconut oil. -1tbsp
Instructions & Method:-
1). Scrap and remove the outer skin of snake gourd and wash well. Chop the snake gourd into very small square pieces. In a cooking vessel add the chopped snake gourd pieces, half slit green chillies, required salt and enough water to cook the snake gourd pieces. Boil and cook the chopped snake gourd pieces till soft.
2). Grind grated coconut along with cumin seeds, chopped ginger and mustard seeds to a fine paste in a mixer grinder. Add the ground coconut mustard paste into the vessel.
Add little water into the vessel and mix the ground coconut mustard paste with cooked snake gourd pieces.
3). Whisk curd without lumps. Add the whisked curd into the vessel and mix well.
4). Add required salt into the curry and mix well. Do not boil the curry. Once the boiling bubbles starts to appear switch off the flame.
5). Heat coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter mustard seeds. Add broken dry red chilli pieces and few curry leaves into the pan and fry in oil for a second. Switch off the flame.
6). Pour the above mustard seasoning into the curry in the vessel and mix well.
A very tasty Padavalanga Pachadi / Kerala style Snake gourd Pachadi is ready to serve with rice.
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