Make Snake Gourd Curry with Milk for Rice (Easy & Tasty)

Have you heard about snake gourd? In some places, it is a little hard to find this awesome vegetable. So, whenever you find this vegetable don’t miss to give a try on this delicious snake gourd curry recipe with milk for rice.

In Sri Lanka, you can find this vegetable easily; hence Sri Lankans make this dish very often.

This is one of the tastiest vegan dishes you can have it with rice.

Mostly, people make this snake gourd curry for lunch, but you can have this for dinner as well.

Alright, let’s see how to make a Sri Lankan style snake gourd curry with milk for rice.

My Favorite Combos

1. This Recipe + Rice + Chicken Curry + Carrot Tomato Salad + Rasam
2. This Recipe + Rice + Squid Curry + Drumstick Leaves Fry + Squid Ink Sothi
3. This Recipe + Vegetable Roti + Soya Meat Curry + Sambol

Ingredients

• Snake gourd – 350g
• Thick coconut milk – 175ml
• Onion – 50g
• Green chili – 2 or 3
• Curry leaves – Few
• Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
• Salt – As you wish
• Cooking oil – 2 tablespoons

Make Snake Gourd Curry Recipe Sri Lankan

Instructions

1. Take the snake gourd, peel the skin off and wash it thoroughly.

2. Chop the snake gourd into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

3. Extract the thick coconut milk. Also, chop the onion and slice the green chili. In addition, get ready with curry leaves, salt, and turmeric powder.

4. Place the cooking pan on the stove. First of all, add the chopped snake gourd. Also, add onion, green chili, curry leaves, salt, and turmeric powder. On top of that, add the cooking oil. Mix everything well.

5. Switch on the flame and cook covered under medium flame for 4 to 6 minutes.

6. Take off the lid, stir, and mix everything. Now cook uncovered under medium flame until the snake gourd gets little fry. Stir occasionally to avoid burn. For me, it takes about a minute.

7. Finally, add thick coconut milk and mix everything. Cook covered under low flame for 3 to 5 minutes.

8. Open the lid and taste the curry. Adjust salt if needed.

9. This is how to make snake gourd curry for rice. Serve and enjoy this Sri Lankan style snake gourd milk curry recipe.

Notes

1. I often extract coconut milk from grated coconut. If it is hard to find grated coconut, you can use coconut milk powder or bottled coconut milk.

2. If you don’t like to bite green chili, avoid it or reduce the amount.

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