Bottle Gourd with Red Gram

Ingredients:

• ·         Chopped bottle gourd – 1 cup
• ·         Red gram – 1 /2 cup
• ·         Green chilli – 4
• ·         Tamarind pulp – 1 /2 cup
• ·         Chopped dry chilli – 4 tablespoons
• ·         Mustard seeds – 1 /2 tablespoon
• ·         cumin seeds – 1 /2 tablespoon
• ·         Salt to taste
• ·         Curry leaves few
• ·         Chopped Garlic – 2 tablespoons
• ·         Red chilli powder – 2 tablespoons
• ·         Oil required
• ·         water – 2 cups

Procedure to prepare Bottle Gourd with red gram:

• Step 1: Firstly clean the red gram and soak it for about 10 minutes. 
• Step 2: Take a cooker add red gram, green chilli, add 2- cup water close the pan with the cooker lid cook it for 5 whistles. Keep it aside till the steam goes off.
• Step 3: Now open the cooker and add chopped bottle gourd, salt, red chilli powder and add 1 cup water cook it for about 5 minutes.
• Step 4: Now add tamarind pulp cook it 10 minutes.
• Step 5: Take a frying pan for seasoning pour oil, add mustard seeds, Chopped Garlic 2 tablespoons, cumin seeds, curry leaves few, and add chopped dry red chilli sauté it for about 5 minutes in medium flame.
• Step 6: Now add seasoning in prepared red gram and sauté it about 2 minutes and heat off.
• Step 7: Try and serve this tasty and easy recipe