Thursday, 13 August 2015

Peerkangai kootu / Ridge gourd and dal gravy



Ingredients:

  • Chopped Peerkangai - 1 cup
  • Cooked moong dal - 1/2 cup
  • Sambar powder - 1 tspn
  • Garam masala powder - 1/4 to 1/2 tspn
  • Salt - to taste

For tempering:

  • Oil - 1 tspn
  • Mustard seeds - small quantity
  • Jeera - 1/4 tspn
  • Asafoetida powder - 2 pinch
  • Curry and coriander leaves - as required

Method:

  • Wash and peel the skin of the ridge gourd and take out the centre sponge like part and chopped it in to small cubes
  • Cook the moong dal and keep it aside
  • Cook the chopped ridge gourd in a kadai along with little water, after 85% cooked add salt and sambar powder to it
  • when it cooked fully add moong dal as per your consistency 
  • Springle garam masala and mix well . if need can add little quantity of water and take it out from stove
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add the ingredients given under " For tempering"  after jeera pops out take it out and pour it on to the kootu and mix well
  • Serve this tasty peerkangai kootu along with sambar, rasam rice or with chappathi, paratha.





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