Snake Gourd Curry (புடலங்காய்த் துவரம்)

This is another very traditional  TAMBRAHM recipe. Thuvaram - means a curry or vegetable mixed with a small quantity of tuar dhal or thuvaram paruppu as it's called in Tamil. Only certain Indian vegetables are suitable for this recipe (like Indian beans, snake gourd, beans, long beans etc)

Ingredients

1. Snake-gourd cut into small pieces  - 1-2 cups
2. Well cooked tuar dhal - 1-2 tbsps
3. grated coconut - 1tbsp
4. shredded coconut - tbsp 
5. coconut oil - 1 tsp
6. mustard seeds, u. dhal - 1 tsp
7. curry leaves - 5-10 leaf lets
8. dry red chilies - 2-3 (cut into pieces)

Procedure

1. Add water, salt and turmeric powder to a vessel and bring to a boil.
2. Add snake-gourd pieces and bring to a boil.
3. After it starts boiling, make sure it's only 80% cooked.
4. Turn off the gas, cover the vessel with a lid and let it cool down for 10 mins.
5. Now filter the water and allow the cooked veggies to cool down.
6. In a pan add coconut oil, mustard, red chilies and u. dhal.
7. After mustard seeds splutter add curry leaves and reduce the heat to medium flame.
8. Now add the cooked and cooled down snake-gourd pieces. (if needed add a pinch of turmeric again).
9. Now add a little bit of salt, cooked tuar dhal and shredded coconut.
10. mix everything well.

Snake gourd thuvaram is ready. Enjoy it with rice, chapatti etc..

Since we have added tuar dhal it is very tasty..and can be had with plain rice also.