Vegetable Thogayal

Ingredients :

• Carrot - 1/2 cup [ chopped ]
• Raw mango [ kacha pakka chopped ] - 1/2 cup
• Red pumpkin - 1/2 cup [ chopped ]
• Capsicum - 1/2 cup [ chopped ]
• Green chilli - 2 [ slit]
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Tomatoes - 2 [ chopped ]
• Onion - 1 [ peeled and chopped  optional ]*
• Mint leaves  - little
• Coriander leaves - little
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Salt as required
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Tamarind paste - 1/4 tsp

*Those are not eating onion thay can omit 


For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Black broken dal - 2 tbsp
• Dry red chillies - 7 to 8
• Oil - 2 tbsp

Method :

First peel and chop all the vegetables and keep aside. Then heat a kadai & add oil to that. When the oil becomes hot, add the seasoning and fry till the dal changes into golden in color and the chillies become crisp. Then add onion, fry for 2 seconds and add other vegetables one by one. Just fry the vegetables for 5 minutes [ Not necessary that it should get completely cooked ]. Add salt, asafoetida, tamarind paste, mint leaves, coriander leaves ginger, little sugar. Finely add coconut. Mix well and remove from the gas. When it becomes cool, grind in mixer to a smooth paste. It goes well with roti and rice. You can also spread in bread slice too.