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| 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.
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| 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.
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.
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.
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.
For
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Ingredients |
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.
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| Snake gourd cylinders. |
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.
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| Split chickpea,green peas,and boiled potato |
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.
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| Onion is frying |
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| Adding cumin seeds, garlic, ginger scallion and leek. |
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| Adding potatoes |
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| Adding masala |
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| Potato mixture |
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| Adding boiled chickpeas |
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| Adding cooked green peas |
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| Final mixture |
Fill the snake gourd pieces with the filling. Compact the filling with a spoon.
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| Stuffed snake gourd |
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| Steamed stuffed snake gourd |
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| Bread crumbs |
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Stuffed snake gourd with breadcrumbs
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The stuffed snake gourd is ready. It can be served with curry sauce as a snack or with rice or bread.
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| Stuffed snake gourd and curry sauce |
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