Kerala side dish with dry shrimp and snake gourd. Padavalanga/ snake gourd is a very common vegetable in Kerala. Padavalanga was always grown in the backyard at home and always made with different kinds of recipes of snake gourd. It is a healthy vegetable and is used in recipes like aviyal, sambar,theeyal etc. Combination of prawns and snake gourd is also super yummy. Try this, you will surely love it.