Stuffed Snake Gourds, how to stuff with lentils

This curry is a real delicacy....
The soft snake gourds stuffed with lentils!!!
Can you imagine???
Yes...like our soft hearts holding so many traumas and worries....
So, everything is possible...

Ingredients

Snake gourd - medium sized, 1

Tur dhal - 3/4 cup, soaked for 2 hours

Hing powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Red chillies - 2

Green chillies - 2

Fresh cilantro - 3-4 tbsps, chopped

Salt to taste

To season

Cooking oil - 3-4 tbsps

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

A pinch of salt to sprinkle

Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Lunch/dinner

Prep time: 20-25 mts;  Cooking time: 25 mts

Serves 2-3

Soak tur dhal for 2 hours

Wash, wipe the snake gourd and cut into 4 pieces as shown above

Drain the dhal

With a long spoon, scoop out the pith carefully without breaking the wall

Load the blender jar with  the following things...green and red chillies, turmeric powder, hing powder and salt

And pulse to a coarse powder

Then add the dhal, drained well, with no water

Grind to a not--too-coarse paste, not too thick too. 

Add the chopped coriander leaves and......

mix well

Carefully stuff the snake gourd, for which we have removed the pith and have kept them like empty barrels

Keep them on a steamer plate, cook for 15 minutes

The cooked pieces. Now comes the important task...let them aside for 45 minutes to an hour for cooling down. If you touch or try to do anything while it is hot, there are chances of them breaking. Infact, after cooking, I kept them inside the fridge for 30 minutes, so that they will become solid.

Then chop them into roundels...aren't they pretty???

Heat oil in a pan, season mustard seeds...and...most important!! sprinkle a pinch of salt, so that the outer skins of snake gourd roundels will take in some.

After mustards splutter, arrange the roundels one by one gently...with great Shraddha and Saburi!!!

Let them get roasted on medium flames, carefully flip them over one by one. Not in a group

Serve this yummy curry with lunch, and I am sure, this will be wiped off first!!!

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Categories: South Indian Curries