Oct 18, 2011

Heerekayi/Ridge gourd dal/Tove

Hi everyone hope you all had a nice weekend,today lets see how to make....Heerekayi  tove/dal.

You can eat this dal with Rice,Chapati,Roti and also with Ragi Mudde.

Come on lets see what all ingredients do we need.,

Ingredients:

 Dal:

1-Medium size Heerekayi/Ridge Gourd.
1/2 Cup-Toor Dal.
1-Medium size Onion.
1-Large Tomato.
2-Small size Egg plant/Brinjal/Badanekayi(Optional).
2-Garlic pods.
1Pinch-Turmeric(Generous Pinch).
8 or up-Green Chili.
Goose berry size-Tamarind.
11/2 Cup-Water.
1Tsp-Oil.
Salt to taste.

Tempering:
1-2 Tbsp-Oil.
1 Strand-Curry Leaves.
1 Individual Tsp-Mustard seeds,Jeera seeds and Urad dal.
1-Garlic pod(Thinly chopped).
1-Dry red Chili.
Pinch Hing(Optional).

Method:

1.Take a small bowl wash the tamarind add some water and set aside.

2.Take a pressure cooker add washed toor dal,chopped onions,chopped tomatoes,finely chopped heerekayi,chopped brinjal,thinly sliced garlic pods,chopped green chili,turmeric,oil,water close the lid and it cook until 4-5 whistle.



3.After the cooker is cooled remove the lid add salt and tamarind juice to dal, mix well and try to mash the dal as well you can and cook with a open lid on low flame for about 5 mins,keep stirring occasionally without letting the bottom to burn turn off the stove and set the bowl aside.

4.Now take a small pan add oil once the oil is heated add mustard seeds,jeers seeds,urad dal,red chili(broken into small pieces),garlic pod(cut into small pieces),hing and curry leaves and let it fry for about a min or 2 and add this to dal right away when it's hot and mix well,now the dal is ready to serve you can eat this with rice,chapati,roti and ragi mudde.



Enjoy your Heerekayi tove/Dal.



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