Gram Flour Stuffed Snake Gourd Boats

Gram flour stuffed snake gourd boats

Snake gourd is also known as pudalangai in Tamil, Potlakaya in Telugu.

Make this recipe to get both protein from the gram flour and Vitamin A, B, C, calcium, iron, magnesium, iodine and potassium from the snake gourd.

Texture of the steamed snake gourd boats

• Fine gram flour is used, hence they are dense in the texture after steaming. A pinch of baking soda can also be added.
• This will remind you of ‘Bonda.’ Bonda is a deep-fried South Indian potato snack that has various sweet and savory versions in different regions.
• They smell like Bhajji ( gram flour fritters).
• It is not necessary to fill the snake gourd pieces to the brim because there is a slight rise during steaming.
• Outer texture is smooth and shiny of the dough.
• This ‘gram flour stuffed snake grourds’ are meant to be eaten as ‘boats.’

Gram flour stuffed snake gourd boats

Ingredients

Snake gourd – 99g or one medium sized gourd

Onion – 30g (measured after peeling)

Green Chilli – 1 small

Gram flour/besan/kadalai maavu – 50g

Water – as required

A generous pinch of salt or according to your taste

For tadka

Refined Sunflower oil – 1 teaspoon

Black mustard seeds – 1/8 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Few curry leaves (optional)

Equipment needed: Steamer

Recipe Instructions

1. Wash, scrape the skin off of the gourd with the help of a knife. Cut the ends and then cut the vegetable into two pieces lengthwise.
2. Scrape the inner flesh off with the help of a sharp spoon.
3. Cut the onion and green chilli finely.
4. In a small bowl, add the gram flour, onion, green chilli, add salt(adjust to your taste) and add water gradually until a thick wet dough is formed. Think a loose and wet bonda (fritter) consistency. One tablespoon of water is used for this recipe.
5. Stuff each snake gourd pieces with equal quantity of the dough. Place them on a greased steamer-safe plate.
6. Preheat the steamer, that is, let the water come to a rolling boil and then place the plate inside.
7. Cover and Steam for 15 minutes.

Tadka

1. Let the stuffed snake gourd cool.
2. In a wok or fry pan, add oil and mustard seeds. Let it splutter. Add kashmiri chilli powder and curry leaves. Once the chilli powder turns darker in colour, immediately add the cooled gourd pieces. Rotate and flip them carefully to coat them in oil. Press a little to get the water evaporated from the pieces.
3. Serve hot. This gram flour stuffed snake gourd boats are meant to be eaten as whole like a ‘boat.’

Note

Do not over fry the steamed snake gourd because the gram flour dough gets easily detached from the snake gourd after steaming.

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