Padavalanga – Paripp Curry (Snake Gourd – Dal Curry)

Ingredients for Padavalanga – Paripp Curry (Snake Gourd – Dal Curry):

1. Green gram dal (Cherupayar paripp) – 1 cup

    Onions finely chopped – ¼ cup

    Green chillies – 3, cut lengthwise

    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Salt – For taste

2. Snake gourd cut into small pieces – 2 cups

3. Coconut scrapped – ½ cup

    Cumin seeds – ½ small spoon

4. Coconut oil – 1 big spoon

5. Mustard – 1 small spoon

6. Red chillies – 3, cut into two

    Curry leaves – 1 stalk

How to prepare Padavalanga – Paripp Curry (Snake Gourd – Dal Curry)?

1. Mix together ingredients no: 1, add sufficient water and cook well.

2. Add snake gourd pieces to cooked daal and cook again.

3. Add a fine paste of ingredients no: 3 and add this coconut paste to cooked snake gourd.

4. When gravy boils, take off from flame.

5. Heat oil and sputter mustard seeds.

6. Sauté red chillies and curry leaves, and pour to the curry.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine March 1-14, 2013

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