Farzana's Pal Koottu

Ingredients

• Snake Gourd - 1 medium
• Toor Dal - 1/4 cup
• Channa Dal - 1/2 cup
• Milk sufficient for grinding the below:
• Coconut  -1/4 cup
• Jeera
• Red Chilly - 2
• Salt

Method

Cook Sanke gourd and Dals seperately.
Once the above are cooked well, in a kadai, season with below and add everything together and simmer for few minutes.

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Hing - 1pinch
• Urad dal - 1tsp
• Curry leaves

 

Aunty's Mochai(Avarekalu/Lilva Papdi) Pulao

Ingredients:

• Rice - 2 cups
• Potato - 1
• Mochai(Avarekalu/Lilva Papdi)
• 1/2 onion
• 1 Tomato

• To Grind:
• 1/4 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup Mint
• 1/2 cup Cilantro
• 1 small Onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1" ginger
• 2" Cinammon
• 2 cloves
• 2 Cardamoms
• 6 G Chillies (or according to your taste)

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add 1/2 onion and fry.
3. Add Potato, Mochai and little salt and fry till potato is transparent.
4. Add the ground masala and fry for few mins.
5. Now add tomato and salt and fry till the raw smell goes.
7.  
8. Add rice, mix well. Add 4 cups of water, check for salt and cook the rice.
9. You can cook rice direclty on the pan or in pressure cooker or you can tranfer the whole thing to a rice cooker and cook too.