Kumbalanga Parippu Curry without Coconut

 Kumbalanga parippu curry is a easy and quick to make ash gourd toor dal curry without adding coconut and goes well with rice.Ash gourd is called kumbalanga in Kerala.Kumbalanga parippu curry recipe is written with step by step method and photos

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Kumbalanga Parippu Curry.

Ingredients:-

Ash gourd.           - 1/2 piece of an ash gourd
Toor dal.                 - 1/2cup
Tomato.                  - 3
Onion.                    -1
Gree chilly.            -1
Turmeric powder.  -1/4tsp
Red chilly powder.-1tsp
Mustard seeds.      -1tsp
Cumin seeds.        - 1/2 tsp
Dry red chilly.      - 2
Curry leaves.        - 1 spring
Salt.                      - to taste
Coconut oil.          -1 tbsp +1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel the outer skin and cut ash gourd into halves.Chop and remove the seed part and wash the ash gourd. Chop the ash gourd again into small pieces and keep aside.

2). Wash and roughly chop tomatoes and keep aside.Wash and slit green chilly into halves and keep aside.Peel, wash and chop onion into thin lengthy slices and keep aside.Broke 2 dry red chillies into halves and keep aside.

3). Wash and soak toor dal in water for 5 minutes.Then drain water and keep aside.

Method:-

1). In a pressure cooker add chopped ash gourd pieces, soaked toor dal, chopped tomato, chopped onion, slit green chilly, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and required salt.

2). Add sufficient water in the cooker to immerse all the ingredients.

3). Add 1tbsp coconut oil into cooker and mix all the ingredients in the cooker.

4). Cover the cooker with its lid and put its weight on the lid and cook for 1 whistle on medium flame and switch off the flame. When the pressure completely goes out open the cooker lid.

5). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds and saute well. Add broken dry red chilly pieces and curry leaves into the pan and fry in oil for a second and switch off the flame. Pour the above seasoning into the curry in the cooker.

6). Transfer the ash gourd toor dal curry to a serving bowl.

A very tasty Kumbalanga Parippu Curry without Coconut is ready to serve with rice.