Bottle Gourd Kootu

Ingredients:

• Bottle gourd - 2 cups and 1 tblspn
• Moong dal - 1/4 cup
• Onion chopped- 1 no
• Tomato chopped - 1 no
• Ginger chopped - 1 tspn
• Garlic chopped - 1 tspn
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 11/4 tspn
• Water - 3/4 to 1 cup

Dry powders:

• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
• Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
• Coriander powder - 1 tspn

For seasonings:

• Mustard - 1/2 - 3/4 tspn
• Jeera - 1 tspn
• Broken urad dal - 1 tspn
• Dry red chilli - 2 nos
• Curry leaves - few nos
• Asafoetida powder - a pinch

Method:

• Wash cut and peel the skin of the bottle gourd, i took 3/4 part from a big bottle gourd, chop in to 1/2 inch cubes
• In a pressure cooker add water, moong dal, onion,tomato,ginger, garlic, dry powder, salt and cook for 2 to 3 whisle
• Heat oil in kadai add the seasonings and pour this on to the surface of kootu and mix them well
• Serve this tasty bottle gourd kootu along with plain rice or chappathi

Note:

• The above said measurement is the correct consistency of kootu , if you want more thickness then add 3/4 cup water
• I didn't use coconut if you want you can grind coconut , jeera and add this paste keep in low flame for few a minute and then serve

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