Today, I am sharing very simple and comforting South India recipe which I used to make very often. Perfect combo with any spicy gravy... Cabbage, Snake ground can also be used instead of Ridge ground.
Total time: 15 minutes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 3
Source: My Mom
Ingredients:
1 medium size ridge gourd / Chinese okra
¼ cup moong dhal
¼ cup chopped onion
1 green chili
¼ cup chopped tomato
⅛ turmeric powder
½ tsp curry powder or to taste
2 tbsp coconut past (optional)
Salt to taste
Water as required
For seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp urad dhal
1 red chili
1 string curry leaves
1 tbsp minced cilantro
Method:
Preparation:
- Wash and peel the skin and preserve the skin.
- Chop in to required size. Chop tomato, onion and green chili and keep it aside.
- Grind the coconut in to fine paste.
Cooking:
- Wash and pressure cook moong dal
along with all ingredients except coconut paste and salt with required
amount of water for one whistle in medium heat. Immediately take it off
from the heat to avoid over cooking. - Open the pan lid after pressure drops, add salt and coconut paste. Mix well.
- If needed add water to required consistency and adjust salt to taste. Cook it for 2 minutes in low heat. Stir in between.
- Season with seasoning ingredients as listed and add to the curry.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve with any spicy rice..
This preparation with ridge gourd looks delicious....
nice presentation and looks swell sara !
Very spicy and yummy curry.
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Healthy kootu.. would be great with chapathis
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Wow This looks so colorful, I love this kind of simple foods.
Yummy and nice recipe..
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Very tempting and irresistible kootu, definitely inviting.
Love it dear...I just need plain rice with some chilli pickle...thinking bout it makes me drool..
neat presentation..
what a delicious subji, has a lovely color too
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Delicious and comfort recipe,luks yum...
I am drooling here seeing your picture..Very appealing..
wow superb yummy dal...
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Yummy & healthy kootu. Neat presentation.
Comfort food,love the combo,yummy dal
very nice and inviting!
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Chinese okra kootu looks delicious love to try with rice.
Very simple but delectable one. Nice colour...
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Kootu super ponga....
Wow! Semaiya irukku....
super delicious dear
Comforting dish!
Delicious and inviting dear...Rush your entries for Know
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I make only thogayal. this sounds yum. will try..
sooooo good...love the colour... we make it without onion and tomato spiced with green chillies. this variation sounds yummy
wow...thats lovely n yummy
Yummy kootu,looks delicious!!