This is the recipe from my in laws house and i so love this dish ....
This tastes excellent , give it a try and i am sure you will love it too...
Serves : 3
Ingredients :
Sour Butter milk : 4 cups
Bottle gourd : 250 grams
Spinach or any other green leafy vegetable : 2 hands full
Chana dal : 3/4 cup
Coriander seeds : 2 Tbsp
Red chilis : 4 to 6
Salt : to taste
Urad dal vadi (or) chitti vadiyalu : 1/4 cup
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves : few
Garlic cloves : 6
Turmeric powder : pinch
Coriander leaves chopped: 2 Tbsp
Method :
Soak chana dal, coriander seeds and red chili in water for around 4 hours.
Grind them into a nice paste with out adding any water.
Mix salt in it.
Keep some of this batter aside - around 1/4 cup
Keep a pan and add oil for deep frying ..
Once oil is hot , take small batter of chana dal and then put it in oil.
Let them fry in medium flame for 5 to 10 mins.
Take them out onto a paper towel.
Keep them aside.
Take a pan , heat it up, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, garlic cloves , turmeric powder and sauté them a bit .
Add cut bottle gourd, cover and cook for some time till they are done.
Add cut spinach let it cook a bit .
Now add butter milk.
Let it come to boil, once bubbling , add the paste of chana dal we kept aside while stirring it continuously.
(Adjust the consistency of stew to your desire, by adding water or by adding chana dal paste)
Add salt and chili powder to your taste.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Add wadi and punukulu.
Take it off the flame.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Your dish is ready to serve.
Most of the times i forget to keep the chanadal batter, so at that time i use some besan mixed with water.
Enjoy your dish :)
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