Pitla

Ingredients:

1 cup toovar dal
2 tsp urad dal
2 tsp dhania
¼ tsp pepper
¼ cut coconut
¼ tsp mustard
¼ tsp turmeric
1 tsp gud
2 tsp tamarind paste
a small pinch hing
1 tsp salt to taste
4 bittergourd, chopped
½ cup channa
a few curry leaves

Method:

Soak channa over night and keep them aside.
Cook toovar dal and turmeric with extra water and separate the two, and keep
them aside.
Sauté urad dal, dhania, red chilles, and pepper. Wet grind this mixture
with coconut.
Sauté bittergourd, green chilles, curry leaves, turmeric, and salt in
little oil.
Add channa, gud, tamarind paste, and toovar dal water to this and allow it to
cook.
Now put the ground mixture, toovar dal and cook until the flavour comes
out.