WATERMELON'S WHITE PART WITH LENTILS

We all love to eat water-melon in summer has it is 90% water, to hydrate our bodies. After cutting the red part of the fruit, we waste equally nutritious white part which can be used with lentils to make gravy, which we can have with rice, roti or bread.

Ingredients

white part of watermelon 3 cups ( as it shrinks when cooked, you may use less depending on the number of people at home)
chana dal cooked 1 1/2 cups or arhar dal or sprouts, you may use any lentil each time
salt to taste
to grind
coconut grated  3 -4 tbsp
jeera 1/2 tsp
urad dal / chana dal 2 tsp
red chilies or green chilies 2-3

for seasoning
oil 1 tsp
urad dal 2 tsp
hing little
jeera 1 tsp
curry leaves few

Method
cut the white part of the melon into small pieces, add little water, cover and cook till tender.
pressure cook the dal ( whatever you use with turmeric pdr.)
add the cooked dal to cooked pieces.
in the mean time, fry in little oil urad  dal or chana dal or you may use combo of the 2 dals, red chili, add coconut and grind to a fine paste
add the ground paste, salt, along with dal to the vege, let it simmer for a few minutes, adjust water as needed, or in case you find it a bit watery, add 1 teaspoon of rice flour/ atta in little water, mix well, add to the simmering mixture to thicken it. You may add some chopped coriander leaves and remove.
for seasoning, heat little oil in a small pan / kadai, add jeera and dal, once dal is golden, add hing and curry leaves, pour over the cooked gravy, serve hot with rice / roti / bread.

 

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