Kuvale Puli Koddel ( Wintermelon/ Ash Gourd Curried Inwards A Tangy Coconut-Based Sauce)

Ash gourd is known equally kuvale inward konkani. It is ane of my favorite vegetables since I was little. My ii favorite dishes made from kuvale are kuvale sasam together with kuvale pulikoddel. Ok at that topographic point are nore: I similar kuvale sambar together with kuvale halwa! How could I convey forgotten the halva!! That is a yummy treat. But today I am going to speak close kuvale puli koddel which is around other ane of those dishes that I started liking equally I grew older. This is also ane of the traditional dishes that is served equally run of the famous 5-day festival, Kodial Theru(Mangalore Car festival ).

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Ash gourd/ Wintermelon: 1 slice weighing close 1 lb
Jaggery: 1 tsp
Salt: to taste
Water: 1 cup

For roasting together with grinding:

Dried crimson chillies: 4
Urad dal: 1 tsp
Chana dal: 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds: 1 tbsp
Raw rice: 1 tbsp
Grated coconut: three tbsp
Hing: pinch
Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp
Sesame seeds: three tsp

For tempering:

Coconut oil: 1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Method:

Peel together with cutting the launder gourd into seize amongst teeth size pieces. Cook it amongst salt, jaggery together with ane loving cup H2O until tender. Keep aside.

Dry roast all the ingredients listed nether " for roasting together with grinding". When cooled grind to a medium fine glue using a petty water.

Add the dry reason glue to the cooked ash gourd.

Tempering:

In a modest frying pan, rut kokosnoot oil, add together mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add together the curry leaves. Turn of the flame. Add this to the higher upward pot.

Serve hot amongst steamed rice.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

This dish tin dismiss hold upward made amongst whatever light-green gourds or light-green squash, zucchini or cucumber.

The best means to pare whatever squelch is using a peeler. Using a knife to pare tin dismiss seek tedious!

Tip for salubrious living:

All light-green gourds/ squashes are groovy for adept health. They tin dismiss hold upward used during whatever elimination diet equally they are soothing to the gut. However they convey to hold upward cooked without also many spices!

Food for thought:

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