Bottle gourd masala (suraikaai) kootu

Ingredients:

1.Bottle guard - 1

2.Small onion - 5 nos(finely chopped).

3. To Grind:
   Coconut - 2 pieces
   Jeera - 1/2 tsp
   Saunf - 1/2 tsp
   Green Chillies - 2

   Garlic - 1 pod

4.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

5.oil - 2 tsp

6.Curry leaves - 1 spring

7.Mustard seeds - 1 tsp(along with begal gram - Kaduku ulundu)

Method:

Clean and cut the bottle guard to small pieces. on a vessel. boil it with sufficient water along with turmeric powder and salt until its well cooked.
In the mean time grind together all the ingredients under To Grind to a fine smooth paste and pour it on to the boiled vegetable mixture and mix well. Check if the consistency is not too watery and it should be like kootu.
now on a kadai, heat oil, fry mustard seeds, curry leaves and transfer it to the cooked vegetable kootu. mix a little bit . it can be served as a side dish for rice when eaten with kaara kulambu and also with chapathis.