Ash gourd is a commonly available vegetable used in sambhar, curries, poriyals and koottu. It blends easily with most other vegetables and doesn’t have a overwhelming taste. Its a watery vegetable, hence care should be taken while cooking.
Recipe taken from Cook and see part -1.
Ingredients
- Ash gourd (chopped medium size ) 2 cups,
- Coconut grated ½ cup,
- Green chillies 3 to 4 nos chopped into two,
- Cumin ½ teaspoon,
- Salt, oil 1 teaspoon
- Mustard ½ teaspoon
- Black gram dal ¼ tsp,
- Curry leaves few.
Method
- Cook the ash gourd to tender but not too soft. Grind the coconut green chillies and cumin to a smooth paste.
- Add the paste to the ash gourd mixture and boil for two to three minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard as it pops, add black gram dal and curry leaves, garnish over the koottu.
- Tasty side dish for rice is ready. Enjoy.