A very tasty and tangy gravy with freshly ground spices and the boiled chick peas. It tastes delicious to have with rice and also chappathi.
See other Kootu Recipes here: Nagercoil Aviyal, Poricha Kuzhambu, Snakegourd kootu, Senai Masial
Ingredients for making ashgourd chick peas kootu:
Chopped ash gourd 2 cups
Chick peas 2 tb spoons
Boiled Thur dal 1 cup
Diluted tamarind juice extracted from a gooseberry size tamarind 1 cup
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For grinding:
Roast the following to golden brown:
Coriander seeds 1 tb spoon
Chana dal 2 tea spoons
Pepper 1 tea spoon
Red chilli 3
Add the above roasted items with 1 tb spoon of grated coconut and grind to paste with some water.
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