Pudalangai Kootu Recipe | Snake Gourd Kootu Recipe

Pudalangai Kootu Recipe | Snake Gourd Kootu Recipe

Ingredients :

Snake Gourd / Pudalangai - 2 cups (chopped)

Bengal Gram / Kadalai Paruppu - 1/4 cup

Green Chilly -1

Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Coconut - 3 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp

Salt - as required

For the Seasoning :

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves - few

Preparation :

• Wash the bengal gram (kadalai paruppu) and soak it in water before one hour.
• In a pressure cooker, add bengal gram, salt and enough water then cook it with 3 whistle.
• Drain out the water from bengal gram. Keep aside to become cool.
• Grind coconut, cumin seed with enough water and make it into fine paste then keep it separately.

Method 1:

• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds when it splutter, add urad dal, curry leaves and saute it for few second.
• Then add chopped snake gourd, green chilly, turmeric powder, salt and saute it for two minutes.
• Now add enough water and cook it well.
• Once snake gourd is cooked then add cooked bengal gram, coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick, then switch off the flame.
• Now pudalangai kootu / snake gourd kootu is ready to serve. 

Method 2 :

• Cook the chopped snake gourd with green chilly, turmeric powder, salt & enough water.
• Once snake gourd is cooked then add cooked bengal gram, coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick, then switch off the flame.
• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds when it splutter, add urad dal, curry leaves and saute it few second.
• Pour this into the prepared snake gourd kootu.
• Now pudalangai kootu / snake gourd kootu is ready to serve.