Snake Gourde Chutney - Padwalachi Chutney

Snake Gourd Chutney

Snake Gourd

Easy-Healthy-Tasty. A nice option for side dish. 


Ingredients:
2 Cups of chopped Snake Gourd ( chopped into Round slices) If the seeds are quite hard then de seed the slices.
1/2 Cup Grated Coconut
2 Tsp Roasted Groundnuts's powder ( danyache coot)
2-3 Or to taste green chillies
15-20 Twigs of coriander leaves
Salt to taste
1/2 Tsp Sugar ( for a complete taste)
couple of twigs of curry leaves
Turmeric powder 2  pinches
Cumin seeds 1/2 Tsp or to your taste
2 spoons Oil for cooking


Procedure:

1. In a pan keep oil for heating. Once heated add Cumin seeds, then when they splutter add curry leaves, turmeric powder, chopped  green chillies. Stir well.
2. Add Sliced Gourd. Stir well. Keep Hob flame on medium. Cover it with a lid. Cook for 5 min.
3. Remove and stir well. Again cover it and cook for 4-5 min and open it. ( If the slices were thin you just need to steam cook them like this only one time)
4. Once it changes it color, switch off the gas. 
5. Then to this slices mixture,add Coconut, Ground nut powder,salt,coriander leaves,sugar.
6. Mix well.
7. Once cooled down, shift the mixture into Mixer. Grind the mixture to a chutney consistency. Little bit of coarse is fine.
8. On the chutney, pour a  Tadaka. (Heated oil-Cumin seeds-Curry leaves.)
9. It goes well with any meal. Lunch or dinner.

Health benefits of Snake Gourd:

A tonic for heart,rich in calcium,a natural antibiotic.

It can disperse phlegm, remove pus, expel toxic matter and is anti-inflammatory. It creates a cooling effect in the body.

It helps stimulate the production of body fluids, relieving dryness.

It is considered useful in wasting and thirst, which is an ancient reference to diabetes. This has led to investigations of its potential to treat this disease. Modern Chinese treatments for diabetes frequently include Snake gourd root as an ingredient. Even otherwise, being a low-calorie food, this vegetable can be used liberally with advantage by Type-II diabetics to reduce weight and also at the same time get adequate nourishment.


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