Mor Kootu

Ingredients: 

Chow chow / Seema kathrikai  or Bottle gourd / Soorakai - 1 small

Channa dhal  / kadalai paruppu - 2 to 3 spoons

Curry leaves, Jeera, and coconut oil for seasoning

For Grinding: 

Coconut - 3 to 4 spoons

Green chili - 2 nos

Rice flour - 1 spoon

Curd - 3 - 4 big spoons

Preparation:

1. Soak channa dal for a few minutes and pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Should be soft consistency and not mushy.

Pressure-cooked Channa dhal / Kadalai paruppu

2. Cut chow chow into cubes and cook it in hot water on a stove.

3. In a mixie jar, add coconut, green chillies, rice flour, and curd, and grind to a smooth paste.

4. Mix the above with cooked chow chow and add the cooked channa dal. Add salt and give a nice boil till the consistency is a bit thick and should not have a raw taste.

5. In a tadka pan, add a few drops of coconut oil, once hot add jeera and curry leaves and let it splutter. Pour it on top of Mor Kootu.

6. Mor Kootu is ready. Serve hot.