Raw Papaya Kootu(Stew)

I never knew that raw papaya could be eaten until my mom saw it  in the Indian store and asked me to buy it. I came home and looked up online and found that it can be eaten cooked in salad, curries, and stew. It can also be used to make Thai salad.  I made a stew with this vegetable as per my mom's recipe. It tasted like bottle squash. We had it with roti. It can also be served with white rice.

Ingredients:
1 raw papaya, peeled, seeded and diced
1 T Channa Dal
1/2 C cooked Toor Dal
1 t Sambar Powder
1T Curry Powder
1 t oil 
mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili, and curry leaves for seasoning

For Curry Powder:
1 1/2 t Channa Dal
1 t Coriander Seeds
5 red chili(adjust to taste)
1/2 t oil

Method:
1. Roast the ingredients for Curry Powder in 1/2 teaspoon oil, and blend to make powder
2. Take papaya and Channa Dal in a saucepan. Add enough water to it. Add Sambar Powder and salt; cook till papaya is cooked.
3. Stir in mashed cooked Toor Dal to cooked vegetable. Stir in Curry Powder; bring it to a boil.
4. Temper mustard seeds, Urad Dal, red chili, and curry leaves in 1 teaspoon oil and pour into the stew.  Stir in 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida. Serve hot with rice.