VEGETABLE MULAKOOSHIYAM

note: Another super dish from the land of coconut :Kerala.A traditional Keralite dish tastes wonderful served with a thuvayal,rasam and pappads and ofcourse rice.

U need:
Yam pieces: 1 cup (cleaned,peeled and washed well in buttermilk)
Raw banana pieces: 1/2 cup
Snake gourd pieces: 1/2 cup
Turmeric: 1 tsp
Pepper powder coarsely crushed: 3/4 tsp
Curd beaten well: 1/2 cup
Chilli powder:1/4tsp
Curry leaves: 2 tsp
To fry in oil and powder:
Coconut pieces: 3 tsp
Jeera: 1 tsp
Pepper: 1/2 tsp
Red chillies: 2
Channa dal: 1 tsp
Rice: 1 tsp
Methi seeds: few
Oil: 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds
Urad dal
Coconut oil: 2 tsp

METHOD:
1.Clean wash the cut vegetables in buttermilk.Add the washed vegetables in a pressure pan and cook with turmeric and pepper powder and 1&1/4 cup water till the vegetables are cooked.
2. Cool the cooker.Meanwhile fry the ingredients from coconut to methi seedsin oil till they are light brown.Powder them in the mixie.
3.Open the cooker.Simmer gently .Add salt,chilli powder and continue simmering.Now add some curry leaves and the dry coconut powder.Mix well.Simmer till the mulakooshyam becomes a semi thick gravy.Add the beaten curd. Simmer for few mins and switch off the gas.
4.Heat the coconut oil in a small pan.Add the mustard seeds,remaining curry leaves and urad dal.Add this bhagar to the simmering mulakooshyam.
5. Serve hot with rice and pappad.