Bottle Gourd Pickle

• 1 bottle gourd
• 3 peanuts
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 black gram
• 6 green chilies
• 1 teaspoon tamarind pulp
• 3 curry leaves
• turmeric a pinch
• 1 oil
• salt for taste

1. Chop bottle gourd along with its skin into medium sized pieces . Heat a pan add 1/2 teaspoon of oil , and add in the pieces.noss in some salt , mix well and let cook until the pieces turn transparent , now add in tamarind pulp ,turmeric and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
2. In another pan add 1/2 table spoon oil , when hot and not smoking, add in half of mustard seeds, ground nuts , half of black gram ,along with green chilies and fry until golden brown.
3. Now in a blending jar add the tampering , and bottle gourd pieces and blend it into a smooth paste.
4. Heat a pan add the remaining oil and tamper with curry leaves, mustard seeds, and black gram
5. Dish out the pickle/chutney top it with the tampering. Serve with rice, or idli, dosa
6. You can add fresh coconut (not dry coconut ) while blending the picklenou can add dry roasted sesame seeds even with addition to groundnuts nreen chilies should be separated along with tampering after fried , do not cook them along with bottle gourd piecesnou can add tomato instead of tamarind pulp along with bottle gourd pieces

gourd, peanuts, mustard seeds, black gram, green chilies, tamarind pulp, curry, turmeric, oil, salt

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Bottle-Gourd-Pickle-1040232 (may not work)