Name: Snake Gourd Koottu
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Channa Dhal (Kadalaparippu); 2 tbsp Castor oil (Vilakenna); 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/2 of Snake gourd (chopped, Padavalanga); Salt (As reqd); 1 tbsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 4 nos Green chillies; 5 nos Small onions (Kunjulli); 4 nos Garlic pods; 3 tbsp Grated coconut; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 10 nos Curry leaves; 1 no Tomato

Snake Gourd Koottu

Snake gourd(Padavalanga) and channa dhal(Kadalaparippu) curry

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 cup Channa Dhal Kadalaparippu
2 tbsp Castor oil Vilakenna
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 of Snake gourd chopped, Padavalanga
Salt As reqd
1 tbsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
4 nos Green chillies
5 nos Small onions Kunjulli
4 nos Garlic pods
3 tbsp Grated coconut

For seasoning:-

Instructions

Soak Channa dhall for 1 hour.
Cook it with castor oil, turmeric powder and salt.
When the bengal gram is half cooked, add snake gourd.
Cook, until the gram and snake gourd is fully cooked.
Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.
Fry cumin seeds, green chillies, small onions, garlic and coconut, till it turns brown.
Grind them nicely without adding water.
Add the above paste into the Bengal gram mixture and cook for another 3 mins.
Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan.
Splutter mustard seeds.
Add curry leaves and tomato and saute for a while.
Add it to the Bengal gram mixture and mix well.
:- Serve with rice or parotta.
:- This koottu must be thick.

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Snake Gourd Koottu