Snake Gourd Koottu
Snake gourd(Padavalanga) and channa dhal(Kadalaparippu) curry
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:-
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 10 nos Curry leaves
- 1 no Tomato
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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