Padavalanga Thoran / Snake Gourd Thoran

Padavalanga Thoran is a tasty dish. It is a combination of cooked vegetable and toor dal.
Snake gourd,Toor Dal and Grated Coconut are the main ingredients for this thoran.


INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Snake gourd/Padavalanga - 2 Cup
• Toor Dal/Thuvaraparippu -¼ cup
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Chilly powder - ¼ tsp
• Grated Coconut-3/4 cup
• Cumin Seed - ¼ tsp
• Garlic -2 nos
• Urad dal/Black gram - 1 tsp
• Mustared Seed- 1 tsp
• Red Chilly - 2 nos
• Salt – to taste
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves- few

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak Toor dal in water for 15 minutes(for easy cook).
• Cook the Chopped Padavalanga and toor dal with Turmeric powder, salt and little water.
• Crush Grated Coconut, Cumin seed, Garlic and Chilly powder.
• Once the Padavalanga and toor dal is cooked well, add Crushed Coconut mix.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add Mustard seeds and Red chilly and let it splutter.
• Add Urad dal and fry it.
• Once Urad Dal becomes brown add Thoran and Curry leaves.
• Stir well and slow down the flame and cook it for 2 mins.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.