Kuvale Ambat

Description:

Kuvale ambat is a simple non- spicy konkani recipe unlike the Kuvale  Puli Koddel recipe .Kuvale or Ash Gourd as it useful to  people  suffering from  obesity . It has high amount of water content,fiber and Vitamins.

Ingredients:

3 cups or 500 gmsAsh Gourd(Kuvale in Konkani) cut into medium sized cubes,

1 cup scraped coconut,

2 pinch hing (Asafoetida),

3 byadgi red chillies(Add extra if you want a darker red color),

1 inch of tamarind,

2 tablespoon cooking oil(Preferably coconut oil),

1 teaspoon mustard seeds,

1 byadgi slit red chilly ,

4 -5 curry leaves,

Salt to taste.

Method:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan.Add red chillies and coconut and fry for two minutes.Add Hing Close the heat and keep aside to cool.
• Grind the above mixture into fine paste.
• Boil Ash gourd along with tamarind and Salt to taste in a pressure pan (4 whistles).
• In a round bottom pan add the boiled Ash gourd and the ground masala and boil for 10 minutes.Close the heat.
• For seasoning:Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a seasoning pan, add mustard seeds ,when they start spluttering add curry leaves and red chillies.Close the heat. Pour the seasoning over the boiled Ash gourd gravy.