Turai Meetah Korma

Description

Turai is ridgegourd in Hindi,[ peerkangai in Tamil, Beerakaya in telugu] I have tried making a very mild Korma out of it which tastes slightly sweet as we dont use chilly powder in this recipe except one green chilly.This dish goes well with white rice, chapathi, puri, idly and dosas.Really worth a try.

Ingredients
1	Ridgegourd[washed, peeled and chopped]
½	Onion [finely chopped]
1	Tomato[chopped]
1 T	Ginger garlic paste
	Few fennel seeds
2 T	Dessicated cocout
	Salt,water and oil as per need
1	Green chilly[slit opened]
	Handfull of channa dal[kadalai paruppu]
	Curry leaves and corriander leaves( for garnishing)
pinch	Turmeric
1 tsp	Garam masala (optional)

Instructions

1.Take a pressure cooker add oil, then add fennel seeds, onion, curry leaves, and saute well.

2.Once when onion turns translucent add ginger garlic paste, green chilly,turmeric, garam masala powder[optional] and saute well. Now add tomatoes and saute till it dissolves.

3.Add ridgegourd and mix thoroughly with salt.

4.Wash handfull of channa dal and add with ridgegourd and mix well .Add required amount of water to pressure cook the whole content.

5.Cook untill the dal is sligthly overcooked.If u r adding dessicated coconut, then add it before pressure cooking the content.Fresh grated coconut can be added once when the content is cooked and leave it on stove for about 5 minutes and turn off.Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot.