Bottle Gourd Kootu (Sorakkai kootu)

1 lb sorakkai cut into small pieces

Less than 1/4 onion finely chopped
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp urud dhal
4 curry leaves
Little coriander leaves
1/2 cup moong dhal
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp sambar powder

Take a pan, boil moong dhal in water, by closing the lid, with a little turmeric powder in it. When the dhal is mostly cooked (it shouldn’t be mashed), add sorakkai, onion and add sambar powder, then close the lid back again. Once Sorakkai is cooked, add salt to taste. Then in a separate pan, tamper mustard seeds, jeera and curry leaves and put it in the mixture. Sprinkle coriander leaves on top.

This is amma's kootu recipe, which is mild and tastes good.

Optional: you can add grated coconut in the end to this, which will add more taste to the dish.