Santula

This is a very healthy and popular dish in Orissa, rich in nutrients as it contains a variety of vegetables. This is a perfect diet for people who want to shed some kilos from their weight. So c'mon guys, are you listening ..?Its with less oil..no masala and damn easy to prepare.

Ingredients
1 medium sized Brinjal - this is the main vegetable of the dish
2 medium sized Ridge Gourd (Janhi)
1 medium sized Bottle Gourd ( Desi potala or Parwal )
200 grms Green Papaya
100 grms Red Pompkin (Kakhaaru)
1 medium sized Potato
2 medium sized Onions
1 small tomato

20gms bodi
1 tbsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tbsp Cumin seeds
2 tbsp oil
6/7 lobes of Garlic
a small piece of crushed ginger
3 dry red chillies
Either Curry leaves or Coariander leaves

Procedure
Cut all the vegetables in uniform size and boil in a pressure cooker with 1/2 cup of water. As the vegetables used in this dish are mostly with higher water contents, so the excess water comes out of it when boiled.
Heat 1/2 spoon of oil in kadai and fry the bodi.

Heat oil in kadai and put mustard seed and cumin seeds together and cover it for 5 seconds.
Put the garlic, red chillies and curry leaves together.
Now put the finely cut onions and fry it on medium flame.
When onions turn brown, add the crushed ginger and let it fry till you get its smell.
Add the tomatos and just fry it. Tomato fried in oil has more nutritional value rather than the raw one. Don't smash the tomato, it should be visible as pieces as you see in this picture.
Now put the boiled vegetables in the kadai, stir lightly just to mix and let it bubble on high flame.
Switch off the stove and add the fried bodi over it just before server so that they automatically soak water and dont get mixed.
If you do not have curry leaves, you can decorate with green coriander leaves.