Peerkangai Kootu
Peerkangai Kootu is a delicious South Indian curry made with a combination of ridge gourd and lentils, which makes a wonderful side dish.
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 500 gms ridge gourd / peerkangai
- 1/2 cup shallot onions
- 2 green chillies slit
Daal
- 1 tbsp Chana Daal
- 1/2 cup moong daal
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Seasoning
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- leaves Curry– few
- 1/4 cup Grated coconut
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Vegetable
- Peel the ridge gourd and chop it into fine pieces.
- Saute the onions, green chillies, with the vegetable for 5 to 7 mins.
- Add 1/2 cup water and cook till done.
Daals
- In another pressure cooker, boil the daals and keep them aside.
Curry
- After the vegetables are cooked, add the boiled daal into it and add some more water and bring to a boil.
- After water reduces and comes to your required consistency, add grated coconut, cumin seeds and salt.
- Combine well and adjust spice, transfer to the serving bowl.
- Heat one teaspoon of ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds and curry leaves.
- When it splutters switch off the flame and pour the seasoning into the kootu.
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