Bitter guard pitla

Ingredients:

• Bitter guard – 250 gms
  
• Toor dal – ¾ cup
• Tamarind – a lemon size
• Sambar Powder – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
• Oil – for seasoning

To Grind: (fry with little oil)

• Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
• Urid dal = ½ tsp
• Gram dal – 2 tsp
• Red Chilli – 2 to 3
• Coconut – Optional
• Hing – little
• Curry leaves – little

To season:

• Mustard – ½ tsp
• Urid dal = ½ tsp

Cooking Method:

• Soak the tamarind in water.
• Boil toor dal with turmeric in water and smash it well.
• Cut Bitter guard into round pieces.
• Heat the pan , add the tamarind water along with little turmeric powder, sambar powder , Salt and allow it to boil.
• Add the Bitter guard.
• When its cooked, add the ground paste and the smashed dhal in it ,stir it well and allow it to cook .
• Finally season it.
• Serve it hot with Rice.

Vegetable(Pumpkin, snake guard,chow chow,cucumber) kootu

Ingredients:

• Required Vegetable - 250 gms - 300 gms
• Moong dal - little
• Tomato - 1/2 to 1
• Jeera - 2 tsp
• Coconut grated - 4 -5 spoons
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Sambar powder- very little
• Green Chilly - 2
• Salt
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly - 2
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves

Method:

• Wash and cut the vegetable into cubes.
• Wash moong dal and add it with the vegetables. Add chopped tomato. Add little water.
• Add turmeric powder, chilly powder and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
• Remove it and smash it well. Grind coconut, green chilly , and jeera into fine paste and add it to the smashed vegetable.
• Add salt and boil for some time.
• Temper with mustard, urad dal, and red chillyand curry leaves.
• Kootu ready.

Serve with rice / Chapathi.

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Keerai

Ingredients:

• Palak or any type of greens - 1
• Moong dal - little
• tomato - 1/2 to 1
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly - 2 to 3
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Peel and chop greens.
• Wash moong dal and add it the greens. Add chopped tomato.Add little water.
• Add turmeric powder, jeera and pressure cook for 5-6 whistles.
• Remove it and smash it well. Add salt and boil for some time.
• Temper with mustard, urad dal, and red chilly.
• Keerai ready.