"Kootu" is a South Indian delicacy served as side dish with rice and sambhar, chapathi, etc. Kootu is like a stew which is prepared by cooking channa or moong dal (yellow lentils) along with different vegetables like cabbage, carrot, beans, bottle gourd and several other vegetables. The base for curry is prepared using coconut, ginger, chilies and cumin seeds.
Ingredients
1 cup Channa
Dal, soaked for 3-5 hours
250 gms
Bottle gourd (sorakaya), cubed
1 cup grated
coconut
1 inch
Ginger
2 Green
Chilies
¼ tsp.
turmeric powder
Pinch of asafetida
½ tsp.
Mustard seeds
1 tsp. cumin
seeds
1 string of
curry leaves
1 tsp. oil
Salt
Procedure
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In a pressure cooker, cook channa dal and bottle
gourd along with 2 cups of water up to 3 whistles
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Using a blender, make a paste of coconut,
ginger, green chilies, ½ tsp. cumin seeds and turmeric powder. Add water if
required
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After pressure cooker has cooled, pour the
coconut mixture and adjust salt to taste. Bring it boil and cook for 5 to 10
minutes
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For seasoning- heat 1 tsp. of oil, add mustard
seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and asafetida. When it starts to splutter, add
it to the curry
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Serve with rice or chapathi
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