Ingredients

1. Bengal gram dal  1/2cup

2. Pumpkin, snake gourd, Long runner beans, yam, Cucumber  1/4kg (all together)

3. Inner flesh of drum stick  1/2 cup

4. Grated coconut 1/2 cup

5. Turmeric powder  1/4 tsp

6. Green chillies  3 (split into 2)

7. Salt  to taste

8. Coconut oil  1/4cup

9. Mustard  1tsp

10. White gram dal  2dsp

11. Dried red chillies  3 (each sliced into 3)

12. Curry leaves  2 sprigs

13. Ghee  1 dsp

14. Grated coconut  1/4 cup

Preparation Method

* Cook the bengal gram dal with salt and water to a thick gravy.

* Clean and cut the vegetables into small pieces. Par boil the vegetables by steaming.

* Grind 1/2cup grated coconut and mix it with turmeric powder and green chillies.

* Heat oil and season mustard, white gram dal, dried red chillies and curry leaves. Add the ground coconut  mixture.    Saute for sometime, till the water dries. Add the cooked vegetables, salt and bengal gram dal. Saute well.

* Heat 1dsp ghee and fry the 1/4cup grated coconut in it till golden brown. Add this to the koottucurry and mix well.