Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Snake Gourd Seeds & Bellpepper Chutney

Snake gourd consist of substantial amount of moisture and little protein, fiber, fat and carbohydrate. Its mineral and vitamin contents are calcium, iron, phosphorus, substantial amount of carotene, little thiamine, riboflavin and niacin. I love to have three or atleast two different chutneys with dosas or idlis for my morning breakfast when i was kid, my mom usually make coconut chutney used to make out different chutneys with either veggies or with veggie's peels as chutneys just for me..One among those chutneys is her famous snake gourd seeds chutneys,she never ever trashed snake gourd seeds where she used to make out chutney with this seeds and i do prepare her version of chutney with snake gourd seeds..but this time i tried by adding few bellpepper chunks to this spicy,tangy and delicious chutney which turned out prefectly and suits fabulously as side dish for breakfast dishes and rice dishes...My H loved this chutney with curd rice and sambhar rice, he just enjoyed having this tangy chutney...This chutney can be conserved for a week in fridge and can have this chutney even as spread over some toasted breads..


1cup Snake Gourd Seeds
2tbsp Chana dal
1cup Bellpepper pieces
4nos Dry red chillies
1tbsp Coriander seeds
2tbsp Urad dal
1no Tamarind (blueberry size)
3tbsp Coconut (grated)
Oil
Salt
1/4tsp Mustard seeds
5nos Curry leaves


Heat a tsp of oil and saute together the snake gourd seeds and bellpepper pieces until they get cooked...fry in the same oil, chana dal, urad dal, red chillies, coriander seeds, coconut, tamarind one by one until they turns golden brown...grind together with enough salt as a coarse paste...heat again few more oil and let splutters mustard seeds and fry the curry leaves, add the grounded coarse paste of both bellpepper and snake gourd paste and cook until they turns as thick paste..

Serve as side dish!!!!


31 comments:

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

great recipe .First time I am seeing such a recipe.Truly innovative and original chef you are Priya

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

new try and great click

Home Cooked Oriya Food said... Reply To This Comment

great one... we make a similar one with roasted bottle gourd or pumpkin seeds

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya!! Snake gourd chutney, i know to make only kootu that too taking the seeds out. Will surely try this!!!

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya!! Snake gourd chutney, i know to make only kootu that too taking the seeds out. Will surely try this!!!

Tina said... Reply To This Comment

Its new to meeeee.....Looks delicious.

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

Thats an interestinly new recipe..looks really tempting!!

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and different chutney Priya...very healthy one too :)

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

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Saraswathy Balakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

Different type of chutney and thanks for sharing Priya>>>

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

You are such a creative cook!! look fantastic and it sounds so delicious. I'd love to try..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

That sounds very delicious priya..ya indha week okra kandippa vangi gonna try that...

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

New chutney again..lots to try from ur blog,dont know where to start...yummm

Padma said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo and delicious chutney Priya

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo...unique i can say always...

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

New combo..never heard of it..looks yummy too

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

This chutney seems so nice with all those vitamins. Very good idea to utilize the seeds too.

Malar Gandhi said... Reply To This Comment

THas really innovative, fibre rich...guilt free breakfast side dish:)

prasu said... Reply To This Comment

very innovative dear........healthy and yummy.

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent idea with snake gourd seeds! Tasty recipe!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

great idea to use the seeds..I never did that..now onwards I will.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Very new and different chutney. Healthy chutney. I never throw tender seeds while cooking. But adding in chutney is great idea Priya.

suvi said... Reply To This Comment

wow priya, this is phenomenal! I did a double take when I saw snake gourd SEEDS! Pity, I just made snake gourd on monday and threw away the seeds, I never knew you can make anything from the seeds. Want to try this soon, thanks for sharing!

Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

innovative chutney.I normally discard the snakegourd seeds.Will try next time.

Nithya Praveen said... Reply To This Comment

Been a while since i blogged...u seem to hv made so many yummy stuffs....awesome.Never heard about this dish...a unique one i must say.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

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Parita said... Reply To This Comment

Very innovative priya, hats off to you, chutney truly sounds delicious and healthy one!

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

looks so yummy :)

priya said... Reply To This Comment

yummy chutney, priya!
must try this!..thx for posting!

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

Nice idea to make use of those seeds priya,sure will taste nice with bell pepper!

my kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Innovative & looks really good.