Ingredients

The following ingredients have 5 Servings
  • 3 cups Snake gourd (Chopped)
  • ½ cup Thuvaram Paruppu/Red gram dhal (Could also mix in some payatham paruppu/moong dal)
  • ½ tsp Sambhar powder
  • to taste Salt
  • few Curry leaves
  • 2 tsp Coriander seeds
  • 2 tsp Kadalai paruppu/channa dal
  • 4 Red chilies
  • 1 tsp Ullutham paruppu/Urad dal
  • ¼ cup Coconut (Grate)
  • ¼ tsp Asafetida
  • 1 tsp Oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Ullutham paruppu/Urad dal
  • 1 tsp Oil

Instruction

  • Cut the vegetable in semi-circles, add salt, sambhar powder, and enough water (to cover the vegetable), and cook until soft.
  • Cook the thuvaram paruppu in the pressure cooker until soft. Keep aside.
  • Fry all the ingredients mentioned above in about 1 tsp of oil and grind it into a smooth paste.
  • Once the vegetable cooks, add the ground paste and the cooked dhal and mix well.
  • Let the kuzhambu boil for few minutes until it thickens.
  • Season with mustard seeds and urad dal.
  • Serve the podalangai poricha kuzhambu hot with rice and a dollop of ghee.