Ingredients

• 1 cup - Snack gourd pieces
• 1/4 cup - Cooked moong dal
• 1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
• 3 tbsp - Quick cooking oats
• 1 - Onion (chopped)
• 1 - Tomato (chopped)
• 1 tsp - Ginger (minced)
• 1/2 tsp - Mustard seeds+urad dal
• 2 - Dry red chillies
• 4 - Curry leaves
• 2 tbsp - Coriander leaves(chopped)
• Salt
• Oil
• To Grind: 1/2 tsp - Cumin seeds
• 2 - Green chillies

How to Make Snake Gourd and Oats Kootu

• Grind as fine paste both cumin seeds and green chillies and keep it aside.
• Heat enough oil; allow the mustard seeds, urad dal and dry red chillies to splutter.
• Add chopped onions, curry leaves and saute until the onions turn translucent, add chopped tomatoes and minced ginger, cook everything until the tomatoes turns mushy.
• Add the chopped snake gourd pieces, ground paste, salt and turmeric powder, saute everything until the vegetables shrinks.
• Now add the quick cooking oats; saute everything in medium high flame for a while.
• Add enough water to the cooked moong dal and add the dal to the cooked vegetables.
• Cook until the vegetables are done, finally add the chopped coriander leaves and turn off the stove.
• Serve hot with hot steaming rice and rotis.
• Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipe