Potlakaya perugu pachadi, a Andhra recipe using snake gourd and yogurt.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Side
  • Cuisine: Andhra

Ingredients

  • 2 cups snake gourd pieces (, chopped potlakaya)
  • ¾ cup sour curd (thick slightly / yogurt (whisked))
  • 1 tbsp shredded ginger
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp cumin (/ jeera)
  • 3 green chilies ((fine chopped))
  • 1 red chili (, broken)
  • Coriander leaves (Few)
  • 1 Pinch hing
  • Salt (to taste)

Method

  1. Wash potlakaya under running water. With the help of a knife scrape off the whistish skin. Rinse thoroughly. Chop to cubes, remove the pith and seeds. Chop them to cubes.
  2. Pressure cook the chopped gourd for 1 to 2 whistles, depends on how tender your gourd is. You can even cook them in a pot.
  3. Once the vegetable is cooled, puree it. Can alternately skip pureeing cooked gourd and use them directly.
  4. Heat oil in a pan, add curry leaves, green chilies, mustard, cumin and allow them to splutter.
  5. Add ginger and red chili, fry to get an aroma.
  6. Add turmeric and hing.
  7. Pour the pureed gourd and fry for a min on high.
  8. Once cool, transfer potlakaya perugu pachadi to the yogurt bowl and mix well. Add coriander leaves.
  9. Ready to serve with rice or phulka

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.