Kulitha Koddel

Ingredients:

1. Horse gram/kulith – 1/2 cup
2. Vegetables – Duddhi dentu 10-15 nos cut into 1″ inch long, (stalk of pumkin leaves)  & Coloured cucumber pieces
3. Coconut gratings – 1 cup
4. Roasted red chillies -8-10 nos
5. Tamarind marble size
6. Oil 2 tbsp
7. Garlic 10-12 flakes
8. Salt to taste.
   

Method:

• Clean horse gram by removing the dust and sticks.
• Soak them in water overnight .
• Pressure cook for 2-3 whistle.Or cook directly without soaking till soft.
• Add the vegetable and the stalk of pumpkin and colored cucumber along with this and cook till they are done .
• Grind coconut gratings along with roasted chillies and tamarind to a fine paste.
• Add this to the cooked kulith,add salt and boil well.Remove from flame.
• Crush cloves of garlic and fry them with a little oil till brown.
• Season koddel with it. Koddel is ready to serve with rice.

NOTE:

•  Instead of garlic on satvik days it can be seasoned with Theppal ( schezwan pepper) as follows.
• Soak theppal in lukewarm water and grind in mixer till the shell turns white.Now remove the shell and add this water to the curry while boiling.Add 2-3 tsp of raw coconut oil.No seasoning is required in this case.
• You can use veggies like drumstick (Masingasangh), tender jack (Kadgi),raw banana (bambale kelle),plantain pith (gabbo),Coloured cucumber (magge),Suran (elephantfoot Yam),Bamboo shoots (keerlu),or pumpkin leaf stalk ( duddhi dentu).use any one of the veggie and not all the veggies mentioned above together.
• Can prepare with the combination of drumstick n cucumber,
• Koddel is prepared in the same method with cow peas,cluster bean seeds,field beans,thur etc.You can also prepared koddel without bean and just with veggies only.