Challa Pulusu with Bottle gourd -Variety 1

Ingredients:

Sorakai or Locky 1/2 medium sized

Curd 2 cups (Rice cooker cups) or 1 glass

Besan or Senaga pindi 2 teaspoons

Mustard seeds 3/4 teaspoon

Menthi seeds 1/2 teaspoon

Red chillies 3

Jeera 1/4 teaspoon

Curry leaves 1 bunch or 8 to 10 leaves

Hing 2 pinches
Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon

Tumeric powder 2 pinches

Coriander leaves handful

Ghee or oil 2 teaspoons

Salt as needed

Preparation:

1. Wash the sorakai or locky and peel the outer skin.Cut the locky or sorakai or anapakai into medium sized pieces. 

2. In a bowl add water and the sorakai pieces ,little salt and 1 pinch of tumeric and cook the pieces. You can cook in cooker also. Drain the water and keep the pieces aside.

3. Take the curd in a bowl add 1/2 cup water ,besan or senaga pindi to the butter milk and mix well.

4. Heat a pan add oil or ghee after it is heated turn to medium flame. Add menthi seeds, jeera , red chilli cut into 3 pieces ,mustard seeds ,curry leaves and hing. When mustard seeds  start to spulter ,turn to low flame  add the the butter milk mixture to it.

5. Ensure that it is low flame. After 2 minutes add the sorakai or locky pieces to it. Add turmeric, red chilli powder , salt  and mix well.

6. When it starts to bubble and boil  switch off the stove. Garnish with coriander leaves.