Oolan with Red Mung Beans

Ingredients:

1. Kumbalanga ( White Gourd)  -  thinly sliced   into rectangular pieces -2 cups
2. Red Mung Beans - 1/4 Cup
3. Coconut Powder - 4 tbsp
4. Curry Leaves
5. Water- 1 and 1/2 cups  for mixing with coconut powder
6. Green Chillies- 2 No
7. Salt required
8. Oil required

 How to Cook:

1. Mix 2 tbsp of coconut milk powder with 1 and half cup of water well.This gives you the first milk.
2. In a bowl add the above prepared coconut milk , green chillies , salt and cook the 2 cups white gourd in it by closing the bowl.
3. If the white gourd is soft while pressing with a spoon , the white gourd is cooked.
4. Open the bowl and cook for 15 minutes. Keep this aside.
5. Pressure cook the red mung beans .
6. Add the cooked red mung beans to the cooked white gourd.
7. Mix 2 tbsp coconut milk powder with very little water to get a thick coconut milk paste. This gives you second coconut milk.
8. Add the above prepared coconut milk into the cooked white gourd. Add curry leaves and mix well.
9. Add 1 tbsp oil into it .
10. Garnish with few curry leaves. Serve hot with rice.