2011/02/24

RIDGE GOURD DAL / PEERKANGAI KOOTU


INGREDIENTS : 

Ridge Gourd/ Peerkangai -- 2 big 
Moong dal - 1 cup 
Green Chillies - 4 
Sambar Onion - 1 cup, finely chopped
Jeera - 1 tsp 
Mustard - 1 tsp 
Salt to taste 
Curry leaves and Coriander leaves 
Garlic - 5 cloves 
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp 

To GRIND : 

Coconut pieces - 5
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp 
Asafoetida - 1 tsp 
Red Chillies - 8 
Dry roast these ingredients and blend them finely with little water.

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Roast dal for few minutes and add sufficient water. Then, pressure cook dal with a tsp of oil and turmeric powder for 2 whistles . Allow the steam to leave and keep aside. 
2) Meanwhile , heat oil in a pan . Once hot , add mustard , jeera and curry leaves.When it splutters , add chopped onion and garlic cloves, saute till tender . 


3) Once done,add chopped gourd and saute for 5 minutes. Sprinkle little water and  cover with a lid. Cook till soft and tender.


4) Then, add the dal to it and mix well. 


5) Add grinded masala and salt. Mix it well. Bring it to boil. Cook till the oil separate out.



6) Finally , add hing.Garnish with coriander leaves and a spoon of ghee. Serve with hot rice and some more ghee .

26 comments:

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

absolutely tempting recipe..
Tasty appetite

Gayathri Anand said...

looks delicious ...never tried kootu with this ...should give a try ..

Lifewithspices said...

superr..

Indian Khana said...

Looks yum n spicy ...

Sanctified Spaces said...

Nice easy and healthy recipe..

Nandinis food said...

Looks beautiful. Slurp.

Kurinji said...

Easy and yummy recipe....

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Sravs said...

First time here...ur space looks so wonderful and nice collection of recipes !!!! Glad to follow u !!!

Healthy and delicious kottu !!!

Tina said...

delicious dal....

divya said...

ohhh...droooooling here...perfect n tempting..

Finla said...

Wish i had this with plain rice.

Preety said...

very healthy dal recipe..looks perfect

Kamakshi Prasanna said...

vert tempting..happy to follow you.

Unknown said...

Delicious dal with ridge gourd..Perfect with rice!

Priya Suresh said...

Dal looks soo inviting, makes me hungry..

Swathi said...

Kootu looks delicious awesome with rice.

SpicyTasty said...

looks so delicious!!

GEETHA ACHAL said...

Looks so tempting...Love it very much....

Menaga Sathia said...

super n easy kootu!!

Unknown said...

Looks very very delicious.

Prema said...

Yummy kuttu...perfect with rice...

Unknown said...

Very yummy kootu - my mom made thogayal with it mostly! First time on you lovely blog and I am #231 :)

Reshmi said...

hi first time here! I always love to try out different daal recipes.. bookmarked ur version.

http://rasoithekitchen.blogspot.com/

sharada said...

nice dal with ridge gourd combo.tempting!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Tempting dal...perfect with rice

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

chef and her kitchen said...

perfect dal wid rice....looks very yumm..

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