Bottle gourd kootu

Serves -3

Ingredients:

• Bottle gourd -1 medium size
• Moong dhal- 1/2 cup+1 tbsp
• Coconut -1/2 cup grated
• Turmeric powder -1/8 tsp
• Cumin-1 tsp
• Green chilli-3 to 4
• Curry leaves- few
• Coriander leaves-1 tbsp
• Oil-1 tsp
• Mustard seeds- 1/2 tap
• Asafoetida- a generous pinch
• Salt-to taste

Method:

• Wash the bottle gourd peel off the skin and remove the white flesh part of it.
• Chop it into cubes.
• In a pressure cooker add moong dhal, chopped bottle gourd,turmeric powder, salt ,2 cups of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles or till the moong dhal gets cooked.
• Now grind coconut,cumin and green chilli to a fine paste.
• Add this ground mixture to the cooked moong dhal. Mix well add required water,salt.
• When it comes to boil turn off the flame ,add coriander leaves and temper it with mustard seeds, curry leaves , asafoetida.