Majjige Huli/Melara/ Curry With Yogurt

Ingredients:

Any vegetable of choice like Ash gourd/ Thindora/ Sambar cucumber/Brinjal

Grated fresh coconut – 1 cup

Green chilli – 1-2 (optional)

Chilli powder – 1 spoon (As per taste)

Salt

Curds/ butter milk – 1 small cup

Tempering:

Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp

Oil – 2 tbsp

Red chilli  - 1-2

Curry leaves

Method:

Wash and cut the vegetable of your choice. I used long brinjals here. Boil and Cook it in a vessel with salt and chilli powder. Adjust the chilli based on your spice level requirement. Meanwhile grind coconut, green chilli into smooth paste by adding little water. Add this coconut paste along with butter milk to the cooked vegetable. Switch of the fire when it just starts to boil. Don’t boil it for long. Refer the image below:

Temper with mustard, chilli and curry leaves fried in oil. Serve with rice.