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POTATO STUFFED SNAKE GOURDE CHETTINAD CURRY

























Ingredients :

1 Long Snake gourd
2 Big size potato
2 tbsp tomato pure
2 Onion sliced
2 Tomato chopped
1 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp chettinad masala
salt to taste
oil for fry

Preparations:

Wash and clean snake gourd,remove the inside and 
cut into 2 inches long pieces.
Marinate with salt to avoid the bitterness 
taste of this vegetable for 10 min. After 10 min.
drain the salty water and keep a side.
Boil potatoes with salt.peel and mash 
with white pepper and butter.Instead of butter you 
may also use cheese to it.
Now fill the enough potato stuffing  inside the hollow 
snake gourd pieces.
Now in a pan add oil and place all the stuffed snake 
gourd pieces.
Cover with a lid and keep cooking it.
Flip and change sides for even cooking after every five minutes.
When the gourds are fried all over and are softer they are done.
Remove on plate and keep aside.


















In a same pan add some more oil and fry onion 
till little brown, add ginger garlic paste saute for a min.
Add chettinad masala with little water fry for few min. 
Add tomato pure, tomato and salt fry till the oil 
separates from the masala.
Add 2 cups of water bring to boil. 
Add potato stuffed snake gourd to this curry,
few curry leaves and cook on low flame till the curry is enough thick and the 

chettinad masala smell comes out.
Remove from heat add coconut oil or clarified butter.
Serve with chapati , rice or Biryani.  

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