Snake Gourd Bhaji

Did you notice that all of my pictures are starting to look the same? You look at one bhaji or curry picture of mine, you just may have seen them all! Nothing new or different in the layouts. Same old, same old. It is official! I'm in a picture-rut right now!! Let's hope I get my groove back and soon. And hey, I'm cooking. And posting too! I should be happy about that, right? :)

This bhaji started off with trying to re-create this curry. Ended with something slightly different, with the addition of peanuts and palya powder.



Ingredients:

1/2 kg snake gourd/padvalkayi,
1 onion (medium) chopped
3-4 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped fine
1/4 tsp tamarind paste
1 tsp palya pudi
salt to taste

For the masala (roast and grind to a powder):
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp peanuts
2-3 red chilies
1 tsp rice

For the tadka:
1 tsp oil
mustard seeds
hing

Method:
In a pressure pan/cooker, do the tadka. When the seeds crackle, add garlic, then onion and saute for a minute or two. Add chopped gourd, the ground masala, a few teaspoons of water and mix well. Close the lid of the pressure and cook for one whistle. Add palya powder, tamarind and salt. Serve with rotis.