Today I will share step-by-step how to make Snake Gourd Thoran Recipe, which is a healthy and palatable recipe. Snake gourd is a powerhouse of nutrients: it accelerates weight loss, augments heart health, detoxifies the kidneys, enhances the digestive system, and many more; So one can include this healthy recipe in his diet chart.
What is snake gourd thoran? It is a very simple recipe; stir-fry snake gourd with grated coconut, tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
How it Can be consumed: It goes well with steamed rice and sambar or dal, one can take it also with roti or chapati( Indian flatbread).
The types of equipment required for this recipe
- Blender
- Serving bowl/Plate
- Kadai/Fry pan
- Spatula
- Knife
The ingredients required for this recipe are
- Snake gourd /Chichinga (big)-2
- Shallots cut in roundels or medium dice cut onion-½ cup
- Bengal gram dal-1 tbsp
- Green chili-5
- Curry leaves-2 sprigs
- Turmeric powder-½ tsp
- Red chili powder-½ tsp
- Coriander powder-½ tsp
- Grated coconut-1 cup
- Coconut oil-2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
- Salt, to taste
How to make Snake Gourd Thoran Recipe
Take a big mixing bowl; add snake gourd,
Then add grated coconuts and Shallot
Now add salt, curry leaves, coriander powder, red chili powder, and turmeric powder
Mix them nicely and keep them aside
Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, Bengal gram dal, curry leaves and green chili for tempering
Once they started spluttering add the snake gourd mix, and saute them for a minute
Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for 4-5 minutes on a low flame
Open the cover and stir them for 2 minutes on a high flame
Turn off the flame and transfer them to a serving plate and serve hot with rice and sambar.
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Snake Gourd Thoran Recipe
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Spatula
- knife
Ingredients
- 2 Snake gourd /Chichinga (big)-
- 1 Shallots cut in roundels or medium dice cutonion
- 1 tbsp Bengal gram dal/ Chana dal
- 5 green chili
- 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tbsp red chili powder
- 1 cup grated cococnut
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tbsp mustsrd seeds
- salt
Instructions
- Take a big mixing bowl; add snake gourd,
- Then add grated coconuts and Shallot
- Now add salt, curry leaves,coriander powder, red chili powder and turmericpowder
- Mix them nicely and keep them aside
- Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, Bengal gram dal, curry leavesand green chili for tempering
- Once they started spluttering add the snake gourd mix, and saute them for aminute
- Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for 4-5 minutes on a low flame
- Open the cover and stir them for 2 minutes on a high flame
- Turn off the flame and transfer them to a serving plate and serve hot withrice and sambar.