Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi Recipe – One of the easy and healthy snake gourd recipes or potlakaya recipes. Goes well with rice or roti
What is Perugu Pachadi?
Perugu Pachadi is a yogurt-based side dish from Andhra Pradesh. Cooked or sauteed vegetables and spices are added to the dish. Most commonly used vegetables are snake gourd, tomatoes, cucumber, bottle gourd, okra, plantains and radishes.
If you are looking for more perugu pachadi varieties, check the below recipes:
- Mullangi Perugu Pachadi
- Sorakaya Perugu Pachadi
- Tomato Perugu Pachadi
- Bendakaya Perugu Pachadi
- Aratikaya Perugu Pachadi
What are the ingredients of Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi?
Potlakaya perugu pachadi is one of the classic variations of perugu pachadi. It is made with sliced snake gourd, yogurt, ginger, green chillies, mustard seeds and curry leaves.
How do you serve Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi?
It is a perfect and comforting side dish for hot steaming rice. However, you can also serve it with roti or Indian flatbread.
Can I reheat Perugu Pachadi?
No, you shouldn’t reheat the prepared perugu pachadi. Make sure the cooked snake gourd is at room temperature before adding it to yogurt. Do not heat it again once you combined both snake gourd and yogurt to avoid curdling.
Few More Traditional Andhra Recipes:
- Potlakaya Ulli Karam
- Gutti Vankaya Ulli Karam
- Aloo Allam Pachimirchi Koora
- Kalchina Aratikaya Koora
- Gutti Vankaya Koora Podi
- Dondakaya Kobbari Karam
- Ponnaganti Majjiga Pulusu
- Gongura Pulusu Kura
How to Make Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi Recipe Video below:
Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi Recipe - Snake Gourd Yogurt Chutney
Ingredients
- 1 cup Snake Gourd sliced
- 1 cup Fresh Yogurt
- 1 tsp Grated Ginger
- 1-2 units Green Chillies finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Urad Dal
- 1/4 tsp Chana Dal
- 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 unit Dried Red Chilli
- 1 Sprig of Curry Leaves
- A big pinch of Turmeric Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Oil
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal and urad dal and let them splutter.
- Add the grated or finely chopped ginger and chopped chillies to it and fry for a few seconds.
- Then add curry leaves and broken red chilli and saute for a few seconds.
- Add the sliced snake gourd, turmeric and salt and saute for a minute.
- Sprinkle a little water and cover with a lid. Let it cook until the pieces are tender.
- Remove from the flame and let it cool completely.
- Combine the cooked snake gourd mixture and yogurt in a bowl and adjust the salt.
- Serve with rice or roti.
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Snake Gourd Yogurt Chutney Recipe with Step by Step Photos:
- Wash and slice the snake gourd. Measure them and set aside.
- Chop the ginger and green chillies into small pieces and set aside.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal and cumin seeds to it and let them splutter.
- When they are browned, add the finely chopped or grated ginger and chillies to it. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add a sprig of fresh or dry curry leaves and broken red chilli to the pan and continue frying for another few seconds.
- Add the sliced snake gourd, salt and turmeric powder.
- Saute them for a minute and sprinkle a little water.
- Cover the pan and cook until they are soft.
- When they are soft, turn off the heat and let it cool completely.
- Combine the cooled snake gourd mixture and yogurt in a bowl.
- Adjust the salt.
- Serve with hot steamed rice or roti.
The curry looks yumm…there is still time for lunch but u made me hungry already
thats a very cute bowl chandana..love the recipe too
Nice one with snake gourd..never thought of making thaiyir pachadi with it..looks yummy
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Great idea of making chutney with snake gourd..looks so yummy.
yummy recipe
This chutney looks tempting! Never had snake gourd chutney before , I am excited to try this! Lovely blog you have here, I am hooked!
Its very. Tasty &easy to cook