Snack Gourd Paal Kootu (Come on – Lets cook Buddies ) Entry -6

Thank you to all my blogger friends for encouraging words  you have been showering for my event . There is so many recipes being poured in my mail everyday . Have lots of recipes in my hand to try already 🙂 Will re-post each and every entry giving all credits to the non blogger who are sharing lovely recipes in my blog . Thank you so much to all keep supporting this event and enjoying all the entries shared by our very kind non blogger’s  :). It’s really going to be tough for me and the judges to select a winner as the contest is filled with so many yummy recipes .. All my reader stay tuned more yummy and innovative recipes is to come for this contest 🙂

Now lets come to today’s entry … She is rocking in this contest with so much of enthu but there are many more entries to come 🙂 . Once again its +Aishwarya Srinivasan  with a delicious entry for the contest . Enjoy her recipe dearies 🙂 Over to her ..

Introduction  

This is my favorite recipe. It gives more taste if u use young snack guard. My mom Prepares this dish so yummy. I dedicates this recipe to my mom.This recipe can be serve as a side dish for Hot Poori or Chapati and u could also serve it as a dessert.

Ingredients

Snack guard – 2 medium
2% Milk – 3 cup
Jaggery – 3/4 cup
Coconut – 2 tbsp
Cardamon powder – 1/8 tsp
Saffron – a pinch
ghee – 4 tbsp
Cashews, Almond, Raisin, Urad dal – For Seasoning

Method of Preparation

•  Cut the Snack Gourd into two halves and remove the seed.
•  Chop into small pieces.
•  Heat the pan , add some ghee and then add chopped snack guard, saffron and milk. Stir it occasionally.

• Cook on medium heat. The mixture can stick at the bottom.
•  Cook it well till the snack gourd becomes very soft.
•  Once it comes to semi solid state , add jaggery, coconut, cardamon pd.

•  Switch off the flame, When it becomes thick .
•  Take another vessel, add some ghee. Fry chopped cashews, Almonds, raisin, urad dal  and pour it on top.
•  Serve hot or cold.

Urad dal gives an extra flavour to this recipe.

Variation

You can use White and Yellow Pumpkin also to prepare this  paal kottu.