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Padavalanga Parippu Charu/Curry

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Onam is here again and it is inevitable that my blog gets adorned with atleast one recipe for the season. I am , as my ex-boss called me NRK - Non Resident Malayalee!! I have spent most of my life in Karnataka and wee bit in Dubai now. I used to look forward to Onam falling on weekends. Only then would I be able to catch all the new movies on Asianet and Surya TV. Vegetarian food was not something I was fond of so sadya was not something that I looked forward to. Occasionally, my sister and I, plucked flowers from my mom's garden and made a small pookalam in our porch. Things changed when I moved to college. With more malayalees, Kerala Kasavu Saree on Onam became a mandate, pookalam a necessity and sadya the inevitable.

I slowly began appreciating the vegetarian delicacies on the leaf and eventually falling in love with them. It took a couple of more years to familiarize with the sadya dishes and the last three onam sadyas have been eventful! Looking forward to another one this year as I post this recipe.

This recipe was shared by my cousin Vinitha - we made it twice so far and the plate was wiped clean!

Here is the recipe for Padavalenga Parippu Charu - 

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Ingredients

  1. Padavalenga/Snake gourd - 700 gms cubed
  2. Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
  3. Onions - 1 thinly sliced
  4. Green Chilly - 2 slit
  5. Ginger - 1/2 tsp grated
  6. Garlic - 1/2 tsp grated
  7. Coconut - 1/2 cup grated tightly packed
  8. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  9. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  10. Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
  11. Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp
  12. Salt to taste
  13. Water
For Tempering:
  1. Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
  2. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  3. Red chilly- 2
  4. Coconut - 2 tsp grated
  5. Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
Method
  • Wash toor dal in water, drain and set aside.
  • Add oil into a pressure cooker. Saute chopped onions, ginger, garlic, green chilly and curry leaves for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • To this, add salt and turmeric powder. Saute for another minute before adding the toor dal and snake gourd. Add enough water to just cover the ingredients.
  • Cover and pressure cook on high flame for 2 whistles. Let the pressure release before opening the cooker.
  • Coarsely grind together coconut, turmeric powder and cumin seeds. Add this to the pressure cooker. Let it boil for another 5 minutes and turn off the flame.
  • For tempering, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. Once it splutters add grated coconut , red chilly and curry leaves. Fry this till the coconut begins to brown.
  • Add the tempering to the curry.

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