Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi(SnakeGuard in yogurt gravy)

It is known as potlakaaya in Telugu, pathola in Sinhala, pudalankaai (புடலங்காய்) in Tamil, dhunduli in Assamese, paduvalakaayi in Kannada and padavalanga in Malayalam





Ingredients:

1 medium size potlakaya
1 cup yogurt
1/2 medium onion chopped fine
2 red chillies broken into half
2 green chillies chopped fine
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp urad dal
1/2 tsp channa dal
few curry leafs
pinch of turmeric
salt

Method:
Wash n cut the snake guard lengthwise scoop out all the seeds n flesh from it(discard the seeds n flesh)

Now ur left only with the outer skin chop it into small pc's put it into a saucepan with pinch of turmeric and boil it until tender.

Now add these cooked pc's to the yogurt,add the chopped onions and keep aside

Heat some oil to this add the urad dal,channa dal and when it turns golden yellow add the mustard,jeera,green chillies,dry red chillies,few curry leafs.

Add this to the yogurt pcs,add some salt .Mix and serve cold with warm rice.