Kumbalakai Majjige Huli Recipe- Ash Gourd Buttermilk Curry

Step 1: To begin making Kumbalakai Majjige Huli Recipe  first soak the chana dal in 1/4 cup of water for 20 minutes

Step 2: Steam the ash gourd either using the pressure cooker or a steamer

Step 3: Follow How to Cook Vegetables in a Pressure CookerAdd  the coconut, soaked chana dal, green chillies, ginger and salt into a mixer grinder and make a smooth paste

Step 4: Keep aside

Step 5: In a saucepan, stir together the cooked pumpkin and the ground coconut mixture

Step 6: Stir in 1 cup of water, turn on the heat and allow the mixture to come to a boil

Step 7: The Majjige Huli will begin to thicken

Step 8: At this point stir in the buttermilk and boil for another minute

Step 9: Turn off the heat

Step 10: Now we will temper the Kumbalakai Majjige Huli Heat oil in a small saucepan; add the mustard seeds and allow it to crackle

Step 11: Once the mustard seeds have crackled add cumin seeds and saute for 5 seconds, then add the curry leaves and asafoetida and turn off the heat

Step 12: Add this tempering to the above Majjige Huli

Step 13: Serve Kumbalakai Majjige Huli Recipe with Steamed Rice, Carrot Beans Thoran, Pisarna Manga Recipe and Elai Vadam