Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- Snake Gourd - 1 (cut into small pieces)
- Toor dal (or Channa Dal or Moong Dal) - 1/2 cup
- Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Salt - to taste
- For Seasoning
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
- Dry Red chillies - 2
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- To Grind
- Coconut - 3-4 tbsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Green chillies - 2
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Instruction
- Grind coconut, turmeric, cumin seeds, green chillies together, make a coarse paste and keep aside.
- Pressure cook the dal separately. It should be soft but not mushy. You could use any dal - toor dal, channa dal or moong dal.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Once heated put the mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chilles for tadka.
- Then add ginger garlic paste, asafoetida powder and the snake gourd pieces. Let it cook.
- Once the veggies are 3/4 done, add the dhal and required salt. Let them cook together for sometime.
- Then add the ground coconut mixture. Mix well and let it cook for few minutes. Snake gourd kootu is done.
