ash gourd - 1 (big size)
green chilly - 1\4 kilo
red chilly -- 100 gms
black gram dal --- 2 glasses
sabudhana -- 1 glass
ginger -- 100gms
salt to taste
turmeric powder -- 1 pinch
if you want to prepare vadiyams in the morning
that night you should wash and cut ash gourd
to ash gourd pieces add little turmeric powder,and 1 cup of salt
mix well put the pieces in a thin cloth and tie
keep some weight on that ,you can keep a water filled bucket
so that extra water in the pieces will go off till morning
soak dal overnight
in the morning grind dal into paste as for garelu
paste ginger and green and red chilly
to ash gourd pieces add ground dal paste, ginger chilly paste, sabodana mix well
you can add more salt as for your taste
keep vadiyams on a plastic sheet or wet cloth
sun dry for 4 - 5 days