Bottlegourd curry (Lauki)

Ingredients:

2-3 bottlegourds
2-3 tablespoons of moong dal
one and a half tsps of rasam powder
half tsp of salt
little water for pressure-cooking
one tsp of rice flour dissolved in water (optional)

For seasoning:

2-3 tsps of refined oil
2 tsps of udad dal
one tsp of mustard seeds

Method:

Wash bottlegourds. Peel it's outer skin. Cut into small square-shaped pieces. Wash the moong dal. In a pressure cooker, mix bottlegourds, moong dal, rasam powder and little water. Mix well. Pressure cook until one whistle and then further pressure cook on sim for ten minutes. Heat the oil and add udad dal and mustard seeds. When mustard seeds stop spluttering add this "tadka" to cooked veggie and dal. Add salt and mix well. If the veggie is very watery, add one tsp of rice flour dissolved in water and mix well.