Pudalangai Kootu (Snake Gourd)

Ingredients

1. Snake Gourd - 1 ( small size)
2. Moong dal - 1/2 cup
3. Small Onion - 4
4. Green chillies - 2
5. Shredded coconut - 2 spoon
6. Sambar Powder - 1/2 spoon
7. Cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
8. Urid Dal - 1/2 spoon
9. salt - 1 spoon
   

Directions

1. Clean the snake gourd and cut into small square pieces.
2. Boil the moong dal in water and when it is half cooked, drain the water, add the snake gourd pieces to it.
3. Cut onions into small pieces and it to the boiling mixture.
4. Fry 1/2 spoon cumin seeds, urid dal, 2 spoon shredded coconut, 2 green chillies and grind these in a mixer and add it to the boiling mixture.
5. When the dal and snake gourd are cooked enough, add sambar powder and salt and bring it to a boil.
6. Heat oil in a pan and sputter some mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urid dal and add this to the mixture, bring to a simmer for few minutes.
7. Switch off the stove and the kootu is ready to serve.