Snake gourd Curry
Ingredients:
Snake gourd 500 Gms
Onions 1 medium
Curry powder 1 tablespoon
Milk 1 cup
Salt
Method:
Scrape the skin off with a knife.
Cut snake gourd length wise into two, remove all the seeds and cut into small pieces. Wash well and drain
Cook in a covered pan these pieces with diced onions, curry powder in ½ cup water.
When snake gourd pieces are soft, add milk, salt and bring to boil.
Simmer until gravy thickens.
Garnish and remove from fire.
Variation:
Some people cook this with red lentils:
Cook 100 Gms of lentils and 200 gms of snake gourd pieces, diced 1 medium onion, diced cloves of garlic, 5 green chillies, split lengthwise and ½ teaspoon turmeric powder in water first and when cooked, add salt and milk and bring to boil and simmer.
Long beans curry
Ingredients:
Long beans 200 Gms
Onion 1 medium
Curry powder 2 teaspoon
Milk 1 cup
Salt
Method:
Clean and wash long beans. Some of these may be mature ones which you split by hand lengthwise and remove and use the seeds; the others break up into one inch long pieces.
In a pan cook these with diced onion, Curry powder and one cup water.
When beans are soft, add milk and salt and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Simmer until liquid thickens.
Garnish if you like.