Snake Gourd Curry

This simple traditional dish from Kerala,  dresses up really well as a mild flavorful soup!

Am cooking the version without coconut paste or coconut milk.

Ingredients

1 Cup of finely chopped Snake Gourd, with the seeds removed

1/2 cup of Toor/Tuvar Dal

1 Green chilli sliced in slants! :-)

2 cloves garlic, crushed [ optional]

Turmeric

Coconut Oil

Fresh Curry Leaves

Salt

Method

Cook the Dal with  the turmeric powder. This can be done in two ways:

* cook the dal and mash it well or

*cooked but still retains the shape.

Add the finely chopped snake gourd, crushed garlic cloves and salt to the dal and let it come up to a boil.

Turn to simmer and let the snake gourd cook: about 8-10 minutes.

Drizzle with coconut oil and add fresh, torn curry leaves.

Simple  Padavalanga Mulagushyam without the coconut-cumin paste !

Surprisingly this curry goes well with plain yogurt; the combination was  rice,  pappadams/fried curd chillies and mango pickle in brine.