Peerkangai or Ridgegourd Kootu

by admin on December 14, 2009

Ingredients:

250 gms - Peerkangai or Ridgegourd
1 - Onion
1 - Tomato
5 - Green chillies
1 Cup - Boiled Moong Dal
1/2 Cup - coconut
1/1/2 tsp - Cumin seeds
Salt - To Taste

Method:

Wash and cook moong dal with enough water and turmeric. You can either steam cook it or boil it. Next grind coconut and cumin with some water to a fine paste. Meanwhile scrap out the skin off the ridgegourd. Cut the gourd into small pieces and boil it with very little water with some turmeric and salt. The gourd cooks very fast so don’t boil for long time.Next heat the pan add some oil and splutter mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves,onions,chillies and saute for five minutes. After that add tomato and cook till it’s oily. Now add the cooked Peerkangai and dal. Add salt, ground coconut and bring it to a boil.

Serve hot along with rice and chappati.

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