Snake Gourd Kootu

Rice and kootu is a common and simple Tamil meal. In Tamil cuisine kootus are considered substitutes for both curries and sambhar.While Tamilians have a fondness for all gourds, even some of those that other cuisines wont touch, snake gourd kootu is one of the popular ones
What you need  for snake gourd kootu:

• Snake gourd-1
• Moong daal-1 cup
• Red chilli powder-1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
• Green chilli-2
• Cumin-1/2 tbsp
• Coconut-1/2 shell
• Small onion-4
• Curry leaves-few
• Mustard seeds-1/2 tbsp
• Red chilli-1
• Salt to taste

The preparation method:

• Cut the snake gourd in to small pieces.
• Pressure cook the moong daal and snake gourd with salt ,turmeric powder and chilli powder.
• Grind the coconut with green chilli and cumin.
• Pour the grinded mixture in to the cooked daal.
• Heat oil in a pan.Splutter mustard seed,small onion,red chilli and curry leaves and pour in to the curry.
• Healthy and tasty Snake Gourd kootu is ready to be served with rice or chapatti.