Categories: Food & Beverage

Are You A Leo? Snake Gourd Is The Vegetable For You!

Earlier this year, our chefs worked on an Astro cook book, one that highlights vegetables and other ingredients one must eat, based on their sun signs. On this blog, we will bring you a delicious recipe every month that you can easily make at home! Leos have the desire to always be the star of the show and shine bright. Their element is fire, their ruling planet the Sun, and their symbol the majestic lion. Our chef recommends Leos eat plenty of white radish, cucumber, snake gourd and grapes. Wondering what to do with snake gourds? Fear not, here’s a fantastic recipe – let us know how it turns out!

Recipe For Arusuvai Pudalai

Ingredients:

Snake gourd	180 grams
Green chilli – deseeded and finely chopped	20 grams
Yellow capsicum – deseeded and diced	20 grams
Red capsicum – deseeded and diced	20 grams
Green capsicum – deseeded and diced	20 grams
Green coriander leaves – finely chopped	10 grams
Salt	To taste
Turmeric powder	2 grams
Jaggery	5 grams
Fig – chopped	10 grams
Peppercorn	2 grams
Lemon juice	5 ml
Grated coconut	50 grams
Peanuts – roasted and crushed	50 grams

Ingredients for tempering:

Gingelly oil	15 ml
Mustard seeds	3 grams
Urad dal	3 grams
Red chilli	2 grams
Asafoetida	2 grams

Method:

Peel and chop the snake gourd, and boil it in salted water.
Strain, cool and keep aside.
In a pan, heat the oil and add mustard seeds. Sauté.
Add urad dal, red chilli, green chilli, asafoetida, turmeric powder, capsicum, and the cooked snake gourd.
Add salt to taste and simmer to cook.
To finish it off, add jiggery, fig, peppercorn, lemon juice and crushed peanuts.
Mix well, garnish with coriander leaves and serve at room temperature.