Ash Gourd Kootu

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Ash Gourd Kootu - Kootu is a dish regularly prepared in south India. It is made with various vegetables & lentils & freshly ground spices. Its main ingredient is coconut which increases its richness.
Here,I am sharing one of the kootu recipe i.e. the ash gourd kootu.


Ingredients - 
- 500 gms Ash gourd
- 1 onion
- 1/2 cup Moong dal
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon sambhar powder
- 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida

For masala paste:
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- 1 inch ginger piece
- 3 green chilli
- 2 spoon roasted peanuts
- 1/4 spoon pepper

For tempering:
- 3 spoon coconut/sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 5 curry leaves
- 1dried red chilli

Method:
1. Rinse and soak moong dal for 1 hour

2. Cut the ash gourd into 1 inch cubes and finely chop the onion.

3. Take a pressure cooker - add soaked moong dal, ash gourd, chopped onions, 2 and 1/2 cup water, salt, turmeric powder, asafoetida powder, sambhar powder and mix all the ingredients nicely. Allow it to cook for about 3 whistles.

3. By the time take a mixer jar, add grated coconut, roasted peanuts, ginger, green chilli, pepper corns, 1/2 cup water and grind it to a smooth thick paste.

4. Once the pressure of the cooker settles down, open the lid of the cooker and add the grounded masala paste, mix and cook for only 5-6 minutes and switch off the flame.

6. Take a tempering pan, add 3 spoon coconut oil, once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters and then add urad dal, broken red chilli, curry leaves and pour the tempering into the curry and give it a good mix and serve it hot with rice/roti/dosa.

Do try this recipe & share it with your friends & family.

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