Papaya Dal Curry

Ingredients
Raw papaya-1
tur dal-1/4 cup
drumstick leaves-4 sprigs
grated coconut-1cup full
kudampuli/coccum-a small piece
red chillies-5
turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
for tempering
mustard
redchillies
shallots chopped(optional)
curry leaves

Method
1.peel papaya and wash well..

2.then cut into cubes..

3.grind grated coconut,redchillies,tumeric together with required amt of water into a fine masala..

4.wash the drumstick leaves, discard its stems and keep the leaves alone on a plate..

5.pressue cook tur dal for 2 whistles and when it cools open the cooker and add papaya cubes along with salt and pressure cook again for 2 whistles..transfer this to another vessel and add the masala and cocum and bring to boil..
6.now add the leaves and boil for another 2 mnts..

7.season with mustard,chillies,shallots(optional)and curry leaves in oil..i didnt put shallots here..

A heathy side dish tastes good with either rice or chapathi as well..