Moong Dal/ Cherupayar Kootu Curry

Ingredients

Moong Dal/ Cherupayar    1 cup

Pumpkin                          1 cup

Ash Ground                      1/2 cup

For Grinding

Scraped Coconut                1/2 cup

Cumin Seed                       1 Table Spoon

Shallot                              4 No

Coriander Powder              1/2 Table Spoon

Pepper Powder                  1/4 Table Spoon

Garam Masala                    1/2 Table Spoon

Water                                1/2 cup

Salt

For Tempering

Oil

Mustard Seed

Curry Leaves

Dry Red Chilly

Shallot Chopped

Preparation Method

Cook Moong Dal in a pressure cooker well. Then add pumpkin and Ash ground make it cook and keep it aside.

Then take a kadai , heat oil add  coconut , cumin seed,  shallot,and stir it till the coconut will be in light brown color .

Then add coriander powder ,Pepper powder, garam masala, and stir till the raw smell remove.After that wait for 2 minutes for make it cool.then grind it well .

Heat the cooked Moong dal,pumkin,ash ground and add the grinder mix with water and salt .  

Then heat a kadai add Oil and add Mustard Seed,Curry Leaves,Dry Red Chilly,Shallot Chopped one by one , then garnish that garnish the curry with tempering.

Serve it with hot rice or chapati or puttu.

Note :

*Water - Don't make the curry more watery 

Brinjal Fry / Vazhuthanaga Upperi

Ingredients

Brinjal - 5

Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon

Salt - up to your taste

Oil - 5 tablespoon

Small onion - 15 (cut into small pieces)

Chili powder - 4 (cup to your taste)

Curry leaves

Preparation method

Brinjal cut into small pieces.

Mix turmeric powder & 2 spoon salt with brinjal and keep it a side.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the onion up to reddish color till translucent.

Squeeze the brinjal and remove the water 

Add brinjal with the onion and fry up to 7 minutes.

Add chili powder, salt and curry leaves and flame and mix well up to 2 minutes. 

Remove from fire. 

Serve hot with rice.