Narkol Diye Chichinga / Narkel Diye Chichinga / Snake Gourd Curry With Coconut

Ingredients :

1. Snake Gourd - 4
2. Coconut Grated - 1 cup
3. Onion - 2
4. Ripe Tomato - 1
5.Salt to taste
6. Turmeric Powder as required
7. Sugar - 1 small  tea spoon
8. Nigella seeds / Kalo jeera - 1 tea spoon
9. Mustard oil as required
10. Water as required
11. Whole  Poppy Seeds - 1 table spoon
12. Whole  Mustard Seeds - 2 tea  Spoon
13. Green Chili - 3

Methods :

1. Wash and clean the snake gourd  thoroughly  with water .
2. When it is done . Dry the snake gourd skin with cotton towel .
3. Remove the snake gourd skin very well  . Cut and remove the end of part  .
4. Then cut the snake gourd  into finely chopped . Keep a side .
5. Peel the onion from skin . Cut into very finely slices .
6. Wash and clean tomato . Cut the tomato into  very finely chopped .
7.Take a small  bowl  .Add water , whole poppy seeds , and add whole mustard seeds into the bowl . Soak for the spices 1 hours .
8.After 1 hours , drain the water from spices . In the mixer grinder jar , add into  soak poppy seeds , soak mustard seeds  and green chili .  Add 1 tea spoon of water gradually  into mixer grinder jar . Grind it . Make a smooth paste from the spices . Pour the spices into the bowl . Keep a side .
9. Take a kadai . Then add oil into kadai . Heat for oil few minutes . When oil is  completely hot  and smoking . Temper with nigella seeds . Stir for few seconds .
10. Next add finely slices onion into kadai . Fry the onion till light golden color .
11. Then put finely chopped snake gourd into the hot oil  and add sprinkle  salt to taste on the finely chopped snake gourd  . Keep stir . Mix it very well . Cover it . Cook for 5 minutes .
12. After 5 minutes , open the cover .  Check  the Snake gourd and snake gourd  release more water . Cook for another 5 minutes . Cover it again  .
13. After 5 minutes open the cover , when snake gourd 50% tender  .
14. Then add finely chopped ripe tomato . Cook till tomatoes are soft .
15. Then add turmeric powder and sugar . Saute for few seconds .
16. Next add poppy seeds paste , mustard seeds paste , green chili paste  into the snake gourd . Mix it very well . All pieces saute  for few minutes .
17. Next add grated coconut on the  snake gourd . Mix it very well . Saute for few seconds .
18. Then add 1/2 cup of water into the kadai  . Mix it very well and cover it . Cook for 10 minutes .
19. When water is evaporated from the curry .
20. Transfer the  curry  to a serving bowl .
21. Serve hot .
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