Recipe: Appetizing Snakegourd Thayir Pachadi / Raita

Snakegourd Thayir Pachadi / Raita. One of the quickest side dish using yoghurt is this ultra creamy and tasty Raita using snake gourd (or called Podalangai (tamil) or Padavalakai (Kannada)). Snake gourd yogurt raita in Tamil How to make pudalangai pachadi in Tamil Pudalangai thayir pachadi Pudalangai thayir chutney in tamil. Beetroot Raita entices us with its warm colour and satisfies the palate with its naturally sweet taste.

I am very fond of Perugu Pachadis or Raitas. I can and am known to make a meal of them. Nellikai Thayir Pachadi is a tradtional and conventional Pachadi variety we make for Poricha Kuzhambu or Sambar. You can have Snakegourd Thayir Pachadi / Raita using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Snakegourd Thayir Pachadi / Raita

1. It's 6" piece of Snakegourd.
2. It's 9-10 of 1" pieces of fresh coconut.
3. Prepare 2 cups of Beaten Curd (amount can be adjusted).
4. You need 1 of Green Chilli.
5. It's 1 of Red Chilli.
6. Prepare 1 of spring Curry leaves.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of Jeera.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Mustard seeds.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of Udad dal.
10. Prepare 1/8 tsp of Hing /asafoetida.

The main difference between Pachadi and Raita is that, for Raita its simple We just add the vegetable raw without any cooking and add spice like. Tamil style Poosanikkai Thayir Pachadi Recipe , Ash Gourd Raita. Poosanikai thayir pachadi is one of the easy recipes I learnt from my SIL here in SG. This is very very easy to prepare, yet makes an wonderful accompaniment for sambar rice or any other rice dishes.

Snakegourd Thayir Pachadi / Raita step by step

1. Wash clean and cut the snakegourd into 1/2" pieces..
2. Heat a tsp oil in a pan, add the snakegourd and mix well. Saute it closed for about 3 minutes till the vegetable softens a bit but not very mushy..
3. Grind the coconut, half tsp mustard seeds, hing, green chilli, red chilli and curry leaves in a mixer without adding any water. You can add the hing, red chilli and curry leaves in the tadka too. I prefer to grind it, so that we consume it and not throw it away..
4. Take the cooked snakegourd, in a mixing bowl. Add ground coconut and salt and mix well..
5. Add beaten curd and mix well. Prepare a tadka of mustard seeds, jeera, udad Dal. Add hing, red chilli and curry leaves in the tadka if you did not grind it with the coconut. Add it to the vegetable..
6. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve 😋.

So I wanted to blog this recipe for long time. Wash and wipe it dry with a clean towel. In this video we are going see how to prepare Ash Gourd Raitha / Salad. Its simple and easy making sadiya recipe in Kerala. So after returning, called her up to ask for the recipe and I prepared it to post it here 🙂.