Paduvalakayi(Snake Gourd) Tove

Ingredients:
1 large Snake Gourd / Paduvalakayi
1 - 2 Green Chillies
1/4 tsp of Turmeric powder
1 - 1.5 cup cooked Yellow Lentils / Thogari Bele / Toor Dal
1 - 1.5 tsp fresh Lemon Juice
1 tsp grated Coconut
3 - 4 Coriander Leaves
5 - 6 Curry Leaves
Salt to taste
1/4 Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
Big pinch of Asafoetida powder / Hingu
1 tsp Ghee

Recipe:
Chop the snake gourd into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below. Cut the green chillies into 2 halves.

Put chopped ridge gourd, green chillies, salt, turmeric powder and water in a vessel and cook them well. Add cooked yellow lentils and bring them to boil.

Add grated coconut and keep the Tove in low flame for about 3-4 mins and stir it. Add chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice and mix them well.

Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds and ghee in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add asafoetida powder, curry leaves, keep it for few seconds and then add it to Tove. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice/Chapathi.

Vitamin(Elegurige/Elevarige) Soppu Tambli

Ingredients:
1 cup Vitamin leaves / Elegurige(Elevarige) Soppu
3/4 cup grated Coconut
5 Black Pepper
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (1/4 for Masala + 1/4 for Seasoning)
1.5 - 2 cups Buttermilk
1.5 tsp Ghee
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
Salt to taste
4 - 5 Curry leaves
1 - 2 broken Red Chillies

Recipe:

Separate the leaves, wash the leaves properly and keep it aside.

Put 1 tsp ghee, 1/4 tsp cumin seeds, black pepper in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Once it turns golden in colour, add Vitamin leaves and fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame.

Grind grated coconut, fried Vitamin leaves into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. (If it is frozen coconut, use hot water while grinding.) Add this ground coconut to a vessel. Add buttermilk, salt to the same vessel and mix them well. (If it is yogurt/curd, put it in a mixer for few seconds before adding it to Tambli.)

Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly pieces and 1/2 tsp ghee in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to Tambli. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice.