Chichinge Posto Recipe or Snake Gourd Recipe

Chichinge Posto Recipe or Snake Gourd Recipe

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This simple dish can be served as a side with hot steamed rice and dal. For a change you may want to skip the  "Aloo Posto " with Chichinge  Posto or Snake Gourd Recipe .

Preparation Time - 10 min
Cooking Time - 20 min

Ingredients :-

1. 2 medium Snake Gourd /Chichinge/Hupo/Hopa
2. 1/2 cup sliced onion
3. 5 tablespoon Poppy seeds/Posto
4. 2 fresh chili (or as per your heat tolerance)
5. Salt as per your taste
6. Preferably  Mustard Oil or you may use Sunflower oil/Peanut oil/Vegetable oil.
7. Water to make poppy seed /Posto paste.

Preparation:-

1. Cut the Chichinge/Snake Gourd into small pieces and slice the onion.
2. Make poppy seed paste with water.

Cooking:-

1. Heat about 1-2 tablespoon of mustard oil and fry the Chichinge  with salt ,cover and fry til done and keep aside

2. Next add more oil as necessary and then fry the onion til golden brown and then add the poppy seed paste/posto bata and fry til oil seeps out and you get a nice aroma of the fried posto.

3. Then add the fried chichinge and then mix everything together,adds salt  per your taste( be careful as you have already added salt when frying the chichinge/hupo).

4. Lastly add the fresh slit chili,you may also crush the chili in a mortar and pestle / hamaldista and then add it.

5. Serve it with hot steamed rice and your choice of dal and non veg/veg curry and enjoy :-).

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