Bottle Guard (sorakai)Dal

Bottle gaurd kootu is the best combination with the rice.This can also be served as a side dish during festival,marriage..

Ingredient:

1/2 cup toor dal
1 tbsp channa dal
1/2 no bottle gaurd
4 no shallots
1 no garlic cloves
1 no tomato
6 no curry leaves
3 no green chillies
3 sticks cilantro(coriander leaves)
1/2 tsp mustard seed
1/2 tsp cumin seed
pinch of turmeric powder
1/4 tsp hing
oil
salt


Method:
1.wash the toor dal and channa dal.Finely chopped tomato,bottle gaurd.slice green chilly and shallots.
2.Take a pressure cooker,add toor dal,channa dal,bottle gaurd,turmeric powder,hing,garlic clove and pressure cook until 3 whistle.
3.Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seed when they starts splutter,add cumin seed,onion green chillies,curry leaves,tomato and saute for sometime.
4.Add this into the dal and boil for sometime along with required amount of salt.
5.garnish with cilantro.