Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Pudalangai Paal Kootu/Snakegourd Paal Kootu

Whenever i go to Indian groceries, two vegetables i never forget to pick is okra and snakegourd. Dunno why these both veggies are our favourite and i do varieties of dishes out of them.I always love to cook snakegourd with coconut but this time this kootu is cooked completely with coconut milk. Yes this paal kootu goes for freshly squeezed or store bought tinned coconut milk, its all depends upon you. I prepared this paal kootu few days back for our lunch and served simply with a spicy potato fry and rice. Trust me, the sweetness of the coconut milk and the spiciness of the potato fry compliments very well together and we enjoyed thoroughly our lunch.

This paal kootu goes seriously for easily available ingredients and nothing much to chop apart from the snakegourd and onions. Also this dish is very mildly spiced just with green chillies,kids can have this dish happily with rice without any complaints. A quick dish gets ready very easily and am sure you will definitely have a satisfying,filling lunch with this fingerlicking kootu.


Recipe Source : You Too Can Cook

2cups Snakegourd (chopped as cubes)
1cup Thick coconut milk
1cup Thin coconut milk
3nos Green chillies (slit opened)
1no Onion (chopped)
1tsp Cumin seeds
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
Oil
Salt

Heat oil, let crack the mustard seed and cumin seeds.

Add the chopped onion,saute for few minutes, add the slit opened green chillies, cubed snakegourd pieces.

Saute everything for a while with enough salt.

Add the thin coconut milk, cook in medium flame until the veggies gets half cooked.

Add in the thick coconut milk, cook until the veggies gets well cooked and the gravy turns thick.

Serve hot with rice.


20 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Kootu looks very inviting & yum.

pepper bowl said... Reply To This Comment

hey lovlely cute bucket!! btw pudalaingai kootu looks stunning!!

Zoe said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya,

Nice vegetarian dish. I don't think snakegourd is commonly found in Australia but maybe the Indian specialty shops might sell them.

Zoe

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

It must have been a million years since I last had snakegourd! This looks so tasty, Priya.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Kootus looks tempting and like the presentation dear.. :)

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Koottu looks very comforting and delicious Priya. Love that cute little vessel too:)

Priya said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely simple kootu .I too often buy pudalangai as we love it,so sure will try it

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

looks yum,would love to try it

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

Paal kootu is one of my favorites!!! Loved your recipe Priya :)

Julie said... Reply To This Comment

healthy kootu,yumm:)

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

très gourmand et joliment présenté bravo
bonne journée

Catherine said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds healthy and good. Blessings, Catherine

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

wow akka...truly authentic and tempting

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

Je découvre toujours quelque de nouveau en te rendant visite :je connais le gombo mais je découvre le snakegourd.
Ton plat semble très gourmand et j'en goûterai avec plaisir.
A bientôt

nandoos kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

kootu looks very yumm and that bucket too looks cute..

Fullscoops said... Reply To This Comment

Kootu looks awesome! Love it!

Hema said... Reply To This Comment

Paal kootu and potato curry, that's a tempting combo, delicious kootu..

Triveni said... Reply To This Comment

Such an easy peasy recipe and yummy too!
Sonal

Sarika@sarikasethgunjal.com said... Reply To This Comment

Love snake gourd...Will have to try your version..Like your presentation.

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy kootu in a cute bucket :)