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Snake gourd stir-fry with black eyed beans

Coconut and black-eyed beans (or peas) add taste to otherwise bland snake gourd. Black-eyed beans are an important source of protein for vegetarians.

Cut and cleaned snake gourd.

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Mild snake gourd stir-fry with black eyed beans

Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking : 20 minutes
Serves : 6

1. Coconut and black-eyed beans (or peas) add taste to otherwise bland snake gourd. Black-eyed beans are an important source of protein for vegetarians.

Snake gourd stir-fry
with black eyed beans

2. Soak 100 grams black-eyed beans overnight. Drain and discard the liquid.

3. In a small saucepan add the soaked black-eyed beans and water to cover the beans. Simmer it for 30 minutes, covered. Drain and discard the liquid.

4. Clean and prepare 300 grams snake gourd. Cut it into small cubes of ¼" size.

Ingredients

5. Add ¼ tsp turmeric powder to 30 grams shredded coconut and mix well and set aside. Turmeric gives a golden colour to the scrapped coconut.

6. In a large skillet add 2 table spoon vegetable oil and heat it up. When the oil is hot add ½ teaspoon mustard seed and fry till it splutters. Add 1 dry red chili broken into small pieces and ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp fennel seeds and fry 1 dry chili till the red chili changes colour to dark brown.

7. Add 90 grams onion, chopped coarsely and fry for 6 minutes or till it becomes translucent.

8. Add 1 green chili, chopped fine, 1 red chili, chopped fine (optional), 3 cloves garlic, sliced thin, 5 grams ginger, finely chopped and 10 curry leaves and fry for 4 minutes.

Snake gourd cut into thin strips.

9. Add chopped snake gourd and little water from ¾ cup of water. Let the snake gourd cook for about 10 minutes or until half-cooked. Check water and add little at a time.If you add more water it will become soggy.

9. Add chopped snake gourd and little water from ¾ cup of water. Let the snake gourd cook for about 10 minutes or until half-cooked. Check water and add little at a time.If you add more water it will become soggy.

10. In this recipe I am adding onions after adding snake gourd because I forgot to do when tempering was done But it was nice.

11. Add cooked black-eyed beans and cook for another three minutes.

Snake gourd stir-fry with

black eyed beans

in a sandwich

12. Add coconut and continue to cook for another 3 minutes. The snake gourd will be fully cooked by now.

13. Add 1 tsp salt and taste for seasoning and adjust.

14. The stir-fried snake gourd is ready. It can be served with rice or bread. I used it as a sandwich filling as shown in the picture. I applied some butter and placed the filling.

Mild snake gourd stir-fry with black eyed beans is ready.

Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking : 20 minutes
Serves : 6

Ingredients for Mild snake gourd stir-fry with black eyed beans

Ingredients
Main

300 grams snake gourd

100 grams black-eyed beans ( boiled )

30 grams shredded coconut
Others

90 grams onion, chopped coarsely

3 cloves garlic, sliced thin

5 grams ginger, finely chopped

1 green chili, chopped fine

1 red chili, chopped fine (optional)

10 curry leaves
1 tsp salt
Spices

¼ " tsp turmeric powder

1 dry red chili, broken into small pieces

½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp fennel seeds
½teaspoon mustard seeds

2 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation

Clean and prepare snake gourd as shown in this recipe.

Cut into small cubes of ¼ " size.

Snake gourd cut into thin strips.

Cut into small cubes of ¼ " size.

Snake gourd cut into cubes.

Soak black-eyed beans overnight. Drain and discard the liquid. In a small saucepan add the soaked black-eyed beans and water to cover the beans. Simmer it for 30 minutes, covered. Drain and discard the liquid.

Add turmeric powder to the coconut and mix well and set aside. Turmeric gives a pleasant colour to the scrapped coconut.

Coconut mixed with turmeric .

Method

In a large skillet add vegetable oil and heat it up. When the oil is hot add ½teaspoon mustard seeds and fry till it splutters. Add .broken dry red chili and cumin seed, fennel seeds and fry till the red chili changes colour to dark brown.

Frying dry chili,cumin and fennel seeds.

Add onion and fry for 6 minutes till it is translucent.

Add green chili, red chili, garlic, ginger and curry leaves and fry for 4 minutes.

Adding curry leaves green chili, red chili,garlic and ginger.

Add chopped snake gourd and little water from ¾ cup of water. Let the snake gourd cook for about 10 minutes or until half-cooked. Check water and add little at a time.If you add more water it will become soggy.