Advertisment

Turai Moong Chana-Cook Smart

Ridge gourd cooked with split green gram and split Bengal gram This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

New Update
Turai Moong Chana-Cook Smart

Advertisment
Main Ingredients Medium ridge gourds (turai), Split green gram with skin (chilkewali moong dal)
Cuisine South Indian
Course Main Course Vegetarian
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 26-30 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Turai Moong Chana-Cook Smart

  • 4 Medium ridge gourds (turai)
  • 1/4 cup Split green gram with skin (chilkewali moong dal) soaked
  • 1/2 cup Split Bengal gram (chana dal) soaked
  • to taste Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 4 tablespoons Fresh coconut scraped
  • 1 inch Ginger roughly chopped
  • 2 Green chillies roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Oil
  • 4-5 Shallots
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 10-15 Curry leaves
  • 1 for garnish Green chilli

Method

  1. Heat a deep non-stick pan, add split Bengal gram, split skinless green gram, salt, turmeric powder and 2 cups water and mix well. Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or till both the grams are almost done.
  2. Peel ridge gourds and cut into big cubes.
  3. Put coconut, ginger and green chillies in a mixer jar and grind to a coarse paste with a little water.
  4. Add the ridge gourds to the grams, mix, cover and continue to cook.
  5. Add the coconut mixture and mix well. Cover and continue to cook.
  6. Heat oil in another non-stick pan. Slice the shallots.
  7. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to the hot oil and let them splutter. Add curry leaves and shallots and sauté till the shallots soften. Add this tempering to the gram mixture and mix well. Cover and cook on low heat for 1-2 minutes. Let it stand for a few minutes.
  8. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot garnished with a green chilli.
Advertisment