Ingredients :
Thoor dhal - 1 cup
Onion - 2 (medium size)
Tomato - 2 ( medium size)
Jeera - 1 spoon
Green chilly - 5-6
Garlic - 1 whole
Coconut - 1 cup
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leave - 1 strand
Oil - 1 tsp
Proceed :
Peel the ridge of the ridge gourd. Make sure you do not overdo this.
Just the ridge part must be removed, the rest of the peel should be still be intact.
Now cut the ridge gourd lenghtwise, and chop them into approximately 1/2 inch width pieces. Keep it aside.
In a pressure cooker, add the thoor dhal, whole onions(if too big then cut it to half ), whole tomatoes, garlic, chillies & jeera and pressure cook for 2 whistle.
After the cooker has cooled down, remove the onions, tomatoes, garlic and chillies.
Grind the above along with coconut.
Then add the paste and ridge gourd pieces into the boiled thoor dhal water. Add water according to your consistency.
Add salt and allow it to boil till the ridge gourd is cooked.
Heat ghee/oil in a small pan, add mustard seeds & curry leaves.
Now add this into the sambar.
