Podalangai Poriyal

Podalangai Poriyal 

Podalangai Poriyal is a delicious, healthy, side dish...which is very popular in Tamilnadu (One of the South Indian State from India).

Poriyal is a dry curry which is served with steamed rice, Sambar/ Rasam...this also goes well with chapati/ roti.

Ingredients:

Snake gourd- 250 gms

Grated coconut- 3 tablespoons

Oil - 1tsp

Mustard- 1/2 tsp

Urud dhall- 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1 pinch

Salt - as per taste 

Few curry leaves 

Method:

# Wash and chop finely the snake gourd.

# Heat a pan add oil, add mustard seeds let it crackle well...add urud dhall. Let the urud dhall change its colour, add Snake gourd, turmeric powder, salt and 1/4 cup water and cook on a medium flame.

# It takes 10-12 minutes to cook. Check once it cooks well, add grated coconut, curry leaves and mix well.

Snake gourd curry is ready.

Pl.do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!