Friday, October 29, 2010

White pumpkin/ bottle gourd with pulses

Ingredients- White pumpkin 1/2 kg wash, peel & cut into small pieces   or if you don't get it, you may substitute with bottle gourd wash, peel & cut into small pieces
chana dal 1 small cup soak it before yous tart cutting vegetables in hot water
turmeric pdr 1/2 tsp               green chilies 6-8          coconut grated 2-3 tbsp         salt  curry leaves
for seasoning- 1/2 tsp oil   1 tsp jeera/ cumin seeds      1 tsp udad dal   hing 1/4 tsp   coriander leaves

method- add the cooked vegetable pieces to soaked dal along with turmeric pdr., pressure cook it for 5 whistles. grind green chilies to taste along with 2/3 tbsp of coconut ( when people are conscious of cholesterol or if one has high potassium then use less of coconut) with little water to a fine paste. In a pan, add oil, season it jeera & dal, add curry leaves, hing, cooked dal with vegetables, ground paste, salt to taste, if it isn't too thick, add 2 tsp of wheat flr in little water to thicken it, boil well. garnish it with fresh coriander leaves.

ps- this goes well with roti, rice.

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