I usually make poriyal with snake gourd ( will post next). I was asking my MIL to suggest me some other recipes using snake gourd.She immediately told me about this pepper fry and made it for us.We loved it a lot..My MIL told this recipe is specially meant for mixing with plain rice topped with ghee.But i felt it must taste good for rasam &
dal rice too..This is very easy to prepare and i am sure pepper lovers would love this recipe a lot..
INGREDIENTS
- Snake gourd – 1 no (medium sized)
- Pepper corns – 1.5 tsp
- Cumin seeds /jeera – 1.5 tsp
- Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
- Ghee –1 tbsp
- salt – as needed
Lemon juice – few drops (optional) |
METHOD
- Wash and cut the snake gourd into two vertically. Discard the soft part inside.Chop them into small pieces of finger line size.Add salt , mix well . Snake gourd will release some water. Squeeze them out .After u squeeze all the water , the quantity of snake gourd will be reduced to half..
- Coarsely grind pepper & jeera together..Set aside..
- Heat oil in a kadai and add the squeezed snake gourd pieces. Saute well till it shrinks..Simmer the flame completely and close the kadai with a lid .Let it cook well.Mix every now n then.Snake gourd cooks very fastly. It takes maximum 10-15 minutes in low flame..
- After the snake gourd is completely cooked add ghee and coarsely ground pepper , jeera powder and salt if necessary..Mix well and switch off the flame. Leave it in the kadai heat for sometime.. Add little lime juice if needed..
Transfer to a plate ,mix with plain rice adding ghee .Tastes great with papad as accompaniment !!.Addition of ghee is a must for best taste n flavor. It also reduces the spicy taste of pepper.
If u don’t like to mix with rice , enjoy as an accompaniment for paruppu sadam or rasam sadam with appalam papad.. |
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