South Indian Style Sorakkai Kootu Recipe - Bottle Gourd Cooked with Lentils

Name: South Indian Style Sorakkai Kootu Recipe - Bottle Gourd Cooked with Lentils
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup Bottle Gourd (2 cups Bottle gourd (lauki) diced small); ¼ cup Yellow Moong Dal (1/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split)); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); ¼ cup Coconut (1/4 cup Fresh coconut); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); 2 pieces Red Chili Powder (2 Red Chilli powder); 1 tsp Vegetable Oil (1 teaspoon Oil); ½ tsp Mustard Seeds (1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)); 1 tsp White Urad Dal (1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)); 1 piece Dried Red Chili (1 Dry Red Chilli broken into half); 1 pinch Asafoetida (1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)); 2 sprig Curry leaves (2 sprig Curry leaves)

South Indian Style Sorakkai Kootu Recipe - Bottle Gourd Cooked with Lentils - Kootu Recipes (Indian)

40 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the South Indian Style Sorakkai Kootu Recipe -Bottle Gourd Cooked with Lentils Recipe add moong dal and the chopped bottle gourd in a pressure cooker with little water.
2Close the cooker with a lid and cook till the cooker releases 4 whistles. Once it is done, switch off the heat and release the pressure naturally.
3Add the ingredients mentioned in the list to be ground into a coarse paste, which is fresh coconut, cumin seeds and red chilli powder.
4Once the pressure is released, add this paste into the cooked mixture and give it a stir. Cook it for 2 minutes and switch off the stove.
5For the Tadka, heat a skillet with oil and crackle the mustard seeds and urad dal, add the rest of the ingredients and then pour this over the Sorakkai Kootu and serve.
6Serve the South Indian Style Sorakkai Kootu Recipe (Bottle Gourd Cooked with Lentils Recipe) along with Steamed Rice and Parappu Rasam to enjoy a comforting meal.