Turai Moong Dal Curry

Ingredients:

250 gm peeled and cubed ridge gourd/turai

½ cup soaked green gram/moong dal (soaked for 1-2 hours)

1 small onion, finely chopped

¼ tsp turmeric powder

¼ tsp coriander powder

½ tsp ginger garlic paste

1 green chili, slit

0.5 gm salt/as directed by the dietician

1 tsp oil

Mustard seeds and jeera for tempering

In a kadhai, heat oil and temper with mustard seeds and jeera.
Add chopped onion, green chilli and ginger garlic paste and fry till onions are softly cooked.
Add peeled and cubed ridge gourd and mix well. Cover and cook for a minute.
Discard the water from the soaked moong dal to leach out potassium and add the dal to the vegetable.
Mix well and add half a glass of water, salt, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
Simmer, cover and cook till dal is 3/4th cooked, ensure that the dal is not mashed and overcooked but just right to eat.
Serve hot with chapathis.