Snakegourd Raita Recipe
This comforting snake gourd raita tastes good with Rice.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- Snakegourd- half or 1 cup snakegourd cubes
- Curds - 1/2 cup
- Green chilly- 1 no.
- Salt- 1/2 tsp or to taste
- Asafoetida- A pinch
Seasoning Ingredients
- Cooking oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
- Split black gram lentil- 1/4 tsp
- Broken red chilly- 1 no.
- Curry leaves- few
Instructions
Preparation
- Wash snakegourd with enough water and chop it in to 1/2 inch pieces.
Method
- Cook snakegourd pieces adding water enough to immerse them. The pieces should turn soft after cooking. Let it cool.
- Transfer the cooked snakegourd, green chilly and salt in to mixer. Grind in to smooth paste.
- Now mix the ground paste with whisked curds. Include asafoetida and stir.
- Heat a seasoning pan adding oil, mustard seeds, split black gram lentil, red chilly and curry leaves. When mustard seeds pop up, switch off the flame and add it to snakegourd raita.
- Comforting snakegourd raita is ready to serve as a combo with rice.
Note:
- Instead of grinding, you can directly mix cooked snakegourd pieces with curds. Chopped green chilly can be added later.
- To enhance flavor add a pinch of roasted cumin powder.