Egg-Stuffed Snake Gourd

Ingredients

• 1 (long) snake gourd (புடலங்காய்)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup grated coconut
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 2 dried red chillies, finely chopped
• half a tsp mustard seeds
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• half a tsp turmeric powder
• a little coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 3 tsp coconut oil
• as needed rock salt

Method

1. Cut the snake gourd into 2-inch rings and scoop out the seeds.
2. Boil the rings in salted water until just tender, then drain well.
3. In 2 tsp oil temper mustard, ginger and chillies, then add the onion, eggs, coconut, coriander, turmeric and salt and scramble into a dry stuffing.
4. Pack the stuffing into the gourd rings.
5. Toast the stuffed rings gently in the remaining oil for about 2 minutes.

Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 64. Method rewritten in our own words; ingredient quantities follow the book, with gram weights estimated for the nutrition figures. The book thanks the Arokkiya Unavugal (Healthy Foods) Facebook group and tamilpaleorecipes.com.