Sunday 24 May 2015

Stuffed snake gourd

Stuffed snake gourd
Stuffed snake gourd


Snake gourd has a barrel form which is ideal for filling with many kinds of foodstuff, Today I am going to make a filling with split chick peas (garbanzo beans), green peas and potato. Time consuming work but worth it.


Snake gourd
Snake gourd

                                        Recipe Summary
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                                       Stuffed snake gourd 
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 6

1. Peel the snake 500 grams gourd and cut into 1½ inch cylinders.
Snake gourd
Snake gourd



2. Soak the 50 grams split chickpeas for 1 hour and then boil it for 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.

3. Microwave 150 grams potatoes for 6 minutes or boil it until it becomes soft. On an average boiling in a pan will take about 40 minutes. Allow it to cool. When cool peel the skin off and cut into thick chunks.

4. Microwave 50 grams green peas for 2 minutes or blanch them for 3 minutes.

5. Soak 4 dry chilies in hot water. grind with 1/2 cup water

6. In a medium frying pan or a wok, heat 2 tbsp  vegetable oil. When it is hot, reduce the heat to medium. Add 90 grams coarsely chopped onion and fry till translucent. Add ½ tsp cumin seeds, 5 cloves thinly sliced garlic, 50 grams finely chopped scallion, 5 grams finely chopped green chili, ½ teaspoon salt  and 75 grams finely chopped leek. Fry for 10 minutes.


7. Add potatoes, 1 tomato and soaked dry chili masala, boiled chickpeas and green peas and fry for five minutes.

8. Add garam 1 tsp masala powder, ½ tsp chili powder mix well and cook for 3 minutes.

9. Take the ingredients of the heat and let the mixture  cool down for a short while.

10. Fill the snake gourd pieces with the filling. Compact the filling with a spoon.
Stuffed snake gourd
Stuffed snake gourd


11. Steam the stuffed gourd for 20 minutes. Let it cool.

12  Mix 1 cup all purpose flour with 1.3 cup  water.and set aside.Coat the steamed pieces of the snake gourd  in the flour mixture and roll in bread crumbs. After you have coated  all the pieces do another round of coating in flour batter and bread crumbs. Second coating makes the stuffed pieces look big.
Stuffed snake gourd
Stuffed snake gourd


13. Heat the remaining oil in a medium sized frying pan. Fry the stuffed snake gourd on all sided for about 6 minutes.

14. The stuffed snake gourd is ready. It can be served with curry sauce as a snack or with rice or bread.

Stuffed snake gourd is ready.
                                  


                  Recipe follows in detail with pictures.
                                 

             
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients

500 grams snake gourd

Filling:
50 grams split chick peas (garbanzo beans)
50 grams green peas.
150 grams potato
1 tomato
90 grams onion coarsely chopped
5 grams green chili finely chopped
50 grams scallion finely chopped
75 grams leek finely chopped
5 cloves garlic thinly sliced
½ teaspoon salt

1 cup vegetable oil


For the batter
1 cup all-purpose flour for coating
1/3 cup water

1 cup bread crumbs to coat finally.
Spices
4 dry chili soaked in hot water.
1 teaspoon garam masala powder
½ teaspoon of cumin seeds
½ teaspoon chili powder


Ingredients


Preparation
Peel the snake gourd as shown in this recipe.
Cut into 1½ inch cylinders.We got 13 pieces.
Soak 4 dry chilies in hot water. Grind with 1/2 cup  water to become a paste.
Snake gourd cylinders.
Snake gourd cylinders.
Soak the split chickpeas for 1 hour and then boil it for 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Microwave the potatoes for 6 minutes or boil it until it becomes soft. On an average boiling in a pan will take about 40 minutes. Allow it to cool. When cool peel the skin off. Cut into thick chunks.
Microwave green peas for 2 minutes or blanch them for 3 minutes.
Split chickpea,green peas,and boiled potato
Split chickpea,green peas,and boiled potato
Method
In a medium frying pan or a wok, heat the vegetable oil. When it is hot, reduce the heat to medium.
Add onion and fry till translucent.


Onion is  frying
Onion is frying

Add cumin seeds, garlic, scallion, green chili, salt and leek. Fry for 10 minutes.
Adding  cumin seeds, garlic, ginger scallion and leek.
Adding  cumin seeds, garlic, ginger scallion and leek.

Add potatoes and mix.
Adding potatoes
Adding potatoes


Add the tomato and soaked dry chili masala.
Adding masala
Adding masala
Potato mixture
Potato mixture

Add boiled chickpeas and mix.
Adding boiling chickpeas
Adding boiled chickpeas 
Add green peas and fry for five minutes.


Adding cooked green peas
Adding cooked green peas


 Add garam masala powder, chili powder mix well and cook for 3 minutes.


Final mixture
Final mixture

Take the ingredients of the heat and let it cool down for a short while.

Fill the snake gourd pieces with the filling. Compact the filling with a spoon.
Stuffed snake gourd
Stuffed snake gourd

Steam the stuffed gourd for 20 minutes. Let it cool.


Steamed stuffed snake gourd
Steamed stuffed snake gourd

 Mix all purpose flour with water.and set aside.Coat the steamed pieces of the snake gourd  in the flour mixture and roll in bread crumbs. After you have coated  all the pieces do another round of coating in flour mixture and bread crumbs
Bread crumbs
Bread crumbs
Second coating makes the stuffed pieces look big.


Stuffed snake gourd with breadcrumbs
Stuffed snake gourd with breadcrumbs
Heat the oil in a medium sized frying pan. Fry the stuffed snake gourd on all sided for about 6 minutes.
The stuffed snake gourd is ready. It can be served with curry sauce as a snack or with rice or bread.
Stuffed snake gourd and curry sauce
Stuffed snake gourd and curry sauce

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