Snake Gourd Poriyal

Ingredients:

• Snake gourd chopped - 2 cups
• Onion - 1 no
• Grated coconut - 1 tblspn
• Sambar powder - 1 to 1 1/2 tspn
• Salt - to taste
• Mustard - 1/2 tspn
• Urad dal - 1 tspn
• Dry red chilli - 1 no
• Curry leaves - few nos
• Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tspn
• Oil - 1 1/2 to 2 tspn

Method:

• Wash and cut the snake gourd and take out the seeds and white spongy part from it and chop in to thin pieces (julienne cut)
• Chop the onion and keep aside
• Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard after it pops out add urad dal, dry red chilli, curry leaves after dal turns golden brown colout add asafoetida powder, followed by onion 
• When onion turns pale pink add the chopped snake gourd and mix it 
• Add salt and keep in low flame till the snake gourd cooks
• After the snake gourd 90% cooked add the sambar powder and keep in low flame till the raw smell of the powder goes
• After that add grated coconut and saute for  few seconds and then switch off the stove
• Serve the tasty snake gourd poriyal along with plain rice, sambar ,rasam and enjoy.

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