Ivy gourd, Little gourd [ kovakkai ] Dry Subji

Ingredients:

• Tender little gourd [ kovakkai ] - 1/2 kg.
• Raw pea nuts - 1 handful
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Red chili powder - 1 tsp
• Dosai milagai podi - 1 tsp
• Grated fresh coconut - 2 tbl sp
• Oil - 4 tbl sp
• Curry leaves - little
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Broken black gram dal - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 1/2 sp
• Cut coriander leaves - little

Ingredients for dry masala powder:

• Coriander seeds - 1 sp
• Bengal gram dal - 1/2 sp
• Broken black gram dal - 1/2 sp
• Dry red chili - 4 to 5
• White seaseame seeds - 1/2 sp
• Roasted peanuts - 1 sp
• curry leaves - little
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 sp

[ fry all these ingredients in 2 sps of oil till it turns into gloden colour. Then make powder in mixer & keep aside]

Method:
Cut the little gourd in to round thin pieces. Soak 1 handful of peanuts in the water. Then keep one kadai on the gas, pour 2 sp of oil to that, heat it & add mustard seeds, broken black gram dal, curry leaves, when it splutters add  kovakkai along with soaked peanuts to that, fry for 3 mins, add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, dosai melagai podi, sugar  & mix well. Keep gas in lower flame.When the sabji becomes soft & peanuts are boiled, add the grind dry masala powder to that & mix well. Put 2 sps of  fresh grated coconut &  mix well. Before removing from the gas garnish with cut coriander leaves & curry leaves.Your sabji is ready. Have it with rasam, sambhar rice.