Mor Kozhambu - Kerala's very own kadhi

Mor Kozhambu - delicious yogurt based curry for a perfect light meal !

Quantity - for 2 people

Ingredients-

Winter Melon/Bhindi/Raw Mango or any other melon
Fresh Coconut - 1/2 cup
Chana dal -1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 2/3 as per spics
Haldi - 1/2 tsp
Hing - to temper
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds  - to temper
Curry leaves - few strands to temper
Homemade yogurt - 1.5 cups
Water - 1/2 cup
Salt - as per taste
Home made ghee - to temper

Procedure:

1. Wash , peel and cut winter melon into small cubes . If winter melon is not available, you can use any other melon or even bhindi . If using bhind , skip boiling of bhindi . Instead stir fry bhindi with some oil to make it crunchy before adding to coconut + yogurt gravy .
2. In a saucepan , boil winter melon cubes with water + little salt + haldi and hing . Boil for around 8 minutes or until it becomes soft/cooked . Do not over boil to mash the melon.
3. In the meanwhile , make a paste of coconut + chana dal + cumin and corainder seeds + green chillies + little haldi . Grind it into fine paste
4. Once the melon has cooked , add the ground coconut paste into the saucepan , mix well and add salt. Allow it to simmer on medium heat for 5 mins .
5. In this time , take yogurt in a bowl and with help of a spoon nicely blend it together to get a smooth consistency .
6. Next , lower the heat and add smooth yogurt to the cooked coconut melon mix . Mix everything well and allow it to cook together for 10 min in low heat . Ensure heat is low so that yogurt does not curdle and get spoilt . The gravy should have a nice green color because of haldi added while cooking.
7. Prepare tadka of ghee and once it is hot , add mustard seeds , hing , methi seeds and curry leaves .
8 . Pour hot tadka on the simmering Mor Kozhambu . Mix well and let it rest for 5/10 mins before serving .

Serve with hot steamed rice along with size of green beans poriyal or raw banana poriyal . Both of these go really well with Mor Kozhambu !

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