Padavalankai Parippu. Potlakaye Chaaru.

Ingredients:

Snake/Ash Gourd
Thoor Dal 1 cup
Salt
Turmeric pinch
Green chilies 3 finely chopped
Onion 1 small finely chopped
Garlic 6 clovs fienly chopped
Tomato 1 large chopped
Cumin seeds 1 spoon
Asafoetida 1 pinch
Oil few spoons
Cilantro leaves few.

Method:

In a pressure cooker, cook dal with salt and pinch of turemric in it.

When they are done soft and tender, set them aside.

In a wide crock pot, heat oil. Add cumin and asafoetida to it. Wait till they crackle up.

Add chilies, garlic,onion and toamtoes. Saute for few minutes. Add salt too.

Now stir-in veggies and cooked thoor dal to it. Cover and cook on medium heat.

When the veggies are soft and tender, remove from heat.

Garnish with cilantro leaves.