Potlakaya / Snake Gourd Perugu Pachadi

Snake Gourd is known as Potlakaya in Telugu.

Ingredients:

Potlakaya/Snake Gourd - 1 cup (remove skin and seeds.Chopped fine)
Cumin      - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek seeds powder/ Cumin seeds powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds powder    - 1/4 tsp 
Green chillis         - 4
Dry Red chilli's      - 1 
Garlic           - 1
Ginger- chopped - 1/2 tsp 
Garlic- chopped - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves  - 8
Cilantro  - 3 Tbsp chopped fine
Yogurt  - 2 cups
salt           - accordingly
Oil           - accordingly
Water - 3 tbsp

Method:

Boil potlakaya in hot water with 1/2 tsp salt. Let it boil until little tender. 
Heat oil in a pan and add green chilli's and garlic. Roast it for a minute.
Grind green chilli's and garlic into fine paste. Add boiled potlakaya in the grinder and give it a quick grind for 30 seconds. Do not grind it too much or it becomes the paste. Let it have the pieces. 
Put this in a bowl.Add yogurt, salt, Fenugreek seeds powder/ Cumin seeds powder, cumin powder to it. Mix it well with a spoon. 
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a small pan. Add jeera, dry red chilli, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and cilantro to it. Stir it for 2 minutes and add this to the yougurt.
It tastes good with rice.