One pot Snake Gourd Soup - Indian style recipe
This recipe of snake gourd soup involves minimal level of preparation and cooking time. It is super juicy and delicious for the times when you need the warmth and energy from food.
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker (Optional)
- Pan
Ingredients
- 700 g Snake Gourds About 2 Medium to Large
- 2-3 cloves Garlic
- 1 Medium Onion
- 1 Medium Tomato
- 2 Sprigs Fresh coriander leaves or cilantro leaves For granishing
- 1 tbsp Ghee Peanut oil or Mustard oil or Olive Oil
- 1 inch Fresh ginger root
- 2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1½ tsp Salt To taste
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Coriander Seeds Powder
Instructions
- Wash and lightly peel the gourd. Do not peel and wash but first wash and then peel. This to prevent the water soluble nutrients from running away into waste water.
- Cut horizontally in small – less than half inch pieces. Towards the centre the gourd turns thicker, so cut the horizontal pieces once more to make it easy to consume.
- Finely chop Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Coriander leaves, and grate the Ginger.
- Heat the pan and put the oil.
- Once the oil is little hot, add the mustard seeds.Let the seeds splutter.
- Then add garlic, onion, and ginger. Stir-fry for 5 mins till the mix turns golden.
- Add turmeric, salt, and coriander powder. Stir for another 2 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes and stir for another 5 minutes till the tomatoes turn mushy.
- Add cut snake gourd pieces now. Mix well.
- Add 1½½ cup of water. Cook for another 10 minutes till the gourd is soft in texture.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
Tip: If you are making the soup in a pressure cooker, add only half cup of water as the gourd itself is very watery and it will release the water in pressure cooker. Also, time of cooking would be less, perhaps 5 minutes only as only 1 whistle is usually required.