Majjiga Pulusu

Ingredients :

Curd -- 2 cups

Water -- 3 cups

Bottle Gourd [sorakaya] -- 1/2 peel and cut into cubes

Oakra -- 4 cut into 1 inch pieces

tomatos -- 1 chopped

Corriander seeds -- 3 tsp

Bengal gram/chana dal/senagapappu -- 4 tsp

Cumin seeds -- 2 tsp

Green chillis -- 5

Ginger -- 1 cube

Coconut -- small piece

Turmeric -- pinch

Salt -- to the taste

Corriander leaves -- few

For seasoning :

Cumin seeds -- 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds -- 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves -- few nos

Ghee -- 1 tsp

Method :

1. Soak corriander seeds,channa daal,ginger,coconut,cumin seeds,green chillis , for about 15 min

and grind into paste and keep aside.

2. Cook bottle gourd, with turmeric and keep aside

3. In a vessel, take 2 cups of curd and 3 cups of water and prepare butter milk

4. Add the ground paste,salt,chopped oakra ,chopped tomato,cooked bottle gourd

5. Now cook for about 30 min on simmer flame

6. Heat ghee in a pan,add the seasoning and add it to the stew,finally add corriander

Goes very well with hot rice