Moru kuzhambu

Ingredients

Serves 3

List 1

Ash gourd - 1 cup chopped in 1/2" cubes

Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 10 leaves

Dry red chilly - 2 nos

Curd - 1 cup

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

List 2

Grated coconut - 1 tbs

Green Chilly - 1 no

Dry red chilly - 1 no

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper corn - 1/4 tsp

Raw rice - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

Make a smooth paste with all the ingredients given in List 2. In a kadai, mix the ground paste with half a cup of water and add the cubed ash gourd. Allow it to boil, close the lid and keep it in medium. Let it cook until raw smell leaves ( it takes about 10 to 15 mins), by the time ash gourd will be cooked. Turn off the heat and allow it to cool. Later whisk 1 cup of curd with 1 cup of water and pour into the kadai. Season it with fenugreek, mustard, dry red chilly and curry leaves.

Note : Instead of Ash gourd, you can also use fried okra, paruppu urundai, moru milagai or vathal.