Porichu Kootu

Ingredients

Vegetables like ash-gourd,chow-chow,cucumber,ridge-gourd,snake-gourd and raw tomatos
Moong dhal               1/2 cup
      or
Thoovar dhal             1/2 cup
(mix both dhals)
Optional
Green chillies             4-5
Jeera                           2 tsps
Pepper(optional)        1/2 tsp
Fresh grated coconut  3 tbs
(or dessicated)
Mustard and urad dhal for seasoning
Curry leaves,coriander    few
Salt as per taste.
Asafotida                       1/4 tsp
              
Preparation            

Pressure cook moong  dhal with turmeric and keep it aside. In a pan with some oil saute any one of the above mentioned vegetable. Take green chillies,jeera,fresh coconut gratings or(dessicated coconut) and with required water make a paste of all this and add this gravy to the already cooked dhal with enough salt and keep stirring on a medium flame.Temper with mustard seeds, urad dhal and curry leaves.Garnish with coriander leaves.Now Porichu Kootu is ready. This goes well with rice, dosa,idly
and chappatis.

Variation
Take a kadai with some oil saute the vegetable of your choice,
Roast urad dhal,channa dhal 2 tsps each and 4 red chillies, jeera,pepper corns for the flavouring paste (except coconut) in oil till th dhals turn golden.Take off from the flame add coconut cool it.Blend it to a smooth paste with little water.Mix it with the cooked dhal and salt stir it on a slow fame.Temper with asafoetida and the curry leaves.