Description A gravy dish made with buttermilk
Ingredients
- I cup bottle gourd cubed
- 1/2 cup onions finely chopped
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp channa dhal
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp rice
- 1 tbsp grated coconut
- 3 green chillies
- 1 inch piece ginger
- 2 cups curd made into thick buttermilk
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2-3 red chillies
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- a few curry leaves
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp oil
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Method
- Soak the dhal and rice in water for about an hour.
- Grind them to a fine paste along with the coconut, chillies and ginger.
- Mix this paste with the buttermilk. Add salt to taste.
- Heat the oil in a kadai. Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies.
- Add onions and saute till transparent.
- Add the bottle gourd and a little water and cook covered till vegetables are done.
- Add the buttermilk mixtures and simmer for a couple of minutes