Poricha kulambu - Tirunelveli Samayal

Ingredients

Toor dal 1/2 cup - cooked with 3 pods garlic

drumstick leaves a handful

Drumstick - 1(cut and cooked)

snake gourd (optional) - 1/2(cut and cooked)

to be ground

coconut scraping - 1/4 cup

jeerakam/cumin - 1 tsp

milagu/pepper - 5 corns

corriander seeds - 1/4 tsp

green chilly - 2 

(grind the above to a fine paste)

Method

In a kadhai ,heat coconut / cooking oil .

add mustard seend allow it to pop add curry leaves .

now add the dal and drumstick ,leaves n the ground paste . add salt .bring to a boil ..simmer till raw smell of coconut leaves .

Serve hot with rice.