Seema Vankaya Pappu

Ingredients

• • Green gram dal - ¾ cup
• • Chow-chow - 1
• • Garlic - 10 flakes
• • Red chillies - 5
• • Salt - as required
• • Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Oil - 2 teaspoons
• • Turmeric powder - a pinch

Method

• 1. Scrape outer skin, remove inner seed and dice the vegetable into 1 inch cubes.
• 2. Wash dal, add enough water, turmeric powder and chopped vegetables.
• 3. Cook in medium flame stirring in between till dal and vegetable becomes soft.
• 4. Fry cumin seeds, garlic, broken red chillies in oil and add to the dal with enough salt.
• 5. Cook for few more minutes and serve hot with cooked rice.

Note - Variations

• • Ridge gourd, Snake gourd, White pumpkin, Ash gourd or bottle gourd can be used instead of chow-chow to make above type of dal.