Soak the rice and bengal gram in water for two hours.
Remove the skin of ash gourd, cut it into pieces, pith and seeds are to be discarded.
Take oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds, as it crackles, put asafoetida and turmeric powder, put the ash gourd pieces, curry leaves and some water. Let cook till tender.
Grind all the ingredients to paste mentioned under "to grind".
Whisk the curd and mix the paste to it.
Now add the paste, salt and required quantity of water to it.
Let boil for sometime.
Majjige huli is ready to serve.