Cucumber parippu curry

Ingredients:

Cucumber – 1 cup

Moong dal – ½ cup

Onion – 1 small

Coconut – ½ cup

Curry leaves – 1 twig

Green chili – 1 or 2

Turmeric powder -  ¼ tsp

Red chili powder – ¼ tsp

Asafetida/Hing - a pinch

Oil – 1tbs

Salt as required

Preparation:

Pressure cook the dal, cucumber, onion, green chili, turmeric powder, red chilli powder & salt  with just enough water. Let it cook for 3 whistles.  Meanwhile grind the grated coconut and keep aside. When the steam vends out, open the cooker and pour the  ground coconut paste, mix well. Heat a kadai (pan) adding oil, when it heats up add curry leaves & hing and transfer to the curry.

Serve with  steamed rice. Potato fry will be nice combination for this.