ridge gourd sour dal (peerkangaai puliparuppu)🔗

Water - 1¼ padi 淨水 Pour the water in a lead coated vessel and keep it on the firewood stove and heat it. 將水倒入塗鉛鍋器中，架在柴火爐上熱煮。

Split Pigeon Pea/ Toor Dal - ¼ padi 木豆 Ghee - ½ palam 酥油 Turmeric Powder - veesam (1⁄16) Ru.wt 薑黃粉 Mix these three ingredients well and add to the boiling water and cover it. Check if the lentils/dal has cooked ¾ th. 將此三料混合均勻，加入沸水中，蓋上鍋蓋。檢查木豆是 否已¾分熟。

Ridge Gourd - 18 palam 絲瓜 Peel the top skin and cut them into small pieces. Add the pieces into the boiling dal/lentil. Stir using a brass ladle. Once the dal/lentil is cooked well, smash it using the head of a ladle. 剝掉瓜蒂皮，切成小塊，投入沸豆中。用黃銅勺攪拌。 豆煮熟後，用勺頭搗糊。

Green Chilli - 1 palam 青辣椒 Chop it finely and fry in ghee. Then add to the dal/lentil. 切碎青辣椒，放酥油煎。然後添入木豆糊中。

Salt - ¾ palam 鹽 Add this also to the lentil/dal. Mix well again. If the dal/lentil is watery, 添鹽入豆。再次拌勻。倘若豆糊太稀，

Rice Flour - ½ Ru.wt 黏米粉 Sprinkle this on the lentil/dal and mix well. Then remove the vessel from the firewood stove. 把粉撒在豆上，拌勻。然後從柴火爐上把鍋取下。

Ghee - 1 palam 酥油 Red Chilli - ¼ palam 乾紅辣椒 Split Black Gram/ Urad Dal - ¼ palam 印度黑豆瓣 Using the above ingredients prepare the seasoning as per recipe number 22. 依照第22道食譜，以上述食材烹製調味料。

Asafoetida - veesam (¹⁄₁₆) Ru.wt 阿魏膠 Dissolve this in 1 Ru.wt water and add the clear solution to the lentil/dal. 將其溶於1 Ru.wt 水中，並將清汁添入豆中。

Lemon - 2 顆檸檬 Choose big lemons. Press them , cut them, remove the Seeds and squeeze the juice on the lentil/Dal before serving and use it. 選大顆檸檬。盛用前，將其滾壓，切開，去籽，擠汁澆在 豆上後，用之。