Chow Chow Kootu (or Chayote Squash Kootu) is a popular South Indian kootu variety served with hot rice and pickle. This kootu is a simple and delicious dish and can …
Chow Chow Kootu (or Chayote Squash Kootu) is a popular South Indian kootu variety served with hot rice and pickle. This kootu is a simple and delicious dish and can …
Ezhukari Kootu or Thiruvadirai kootu is prepared in Tamil Nadu during the auspicious celebration of Thirvathirai, a festival celebrated in praise of Lord Shiva for creating this universe approximately 130 …
This is a delicious and simple South Indian kootu made with 3 different vegetables – Yellow Pumpkin, White Pumpkin and Bottle Gourd. Typically kootu is made using only one vegetable. …
A delicious and simple South Indian kootu with yellow pumpkin. Serve with hot rice. Ingredients: Yellow Pumpkin – 2 cups, chopped Salt as per taste Turmeric Powder – a pinch …
Chow Chow or Chayote is a popular South Indian vegetable mainly used to make Kootus. This variation includes onions and tomatoes. And is best served with rice or as a …
A simple and easy to make kootu with potatoes and curd. Ingredients: Potatoes – 100 gms Coconut – 1/4 Green Chilli – 1 Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp Asafoetida Powder …
Kootus are an integral part of South Indian cuisine, especially Tamil cuisine. Often made as a substitute to sambar varieties, kootus are made using a variety of vegetables. Most common …
A popular and delicious dish down south, it is typically served with steamed rice and side dish of choice. Ingredients: Drumsticks – 1 cup, chopped Turmeric Powder – a pinch …
Cabbage Kootu is a delicious vegetarian recipe from Tamil Nadu. This variation is from the Chettinad cuisine. Ingredients: Cabbage – 1 cup, chopped Onion – 1, big, chopped Garlic – …
A delicious and healthy kootu best served with rice or chapati. Ingredients: Green Papaya – 1 Coconut – 4 tsp, grated Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp Dry Red Chillies – …
A delicacy of Karnataka. Ingredients: Avarakkai (Broad Beans) – 1 cup, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces Mochakottai (Field Beans) – 1/4 cup Toor Dal – 1/4 cup Mustard Seeds – …
Ingredients: Baby Broad Beans (Avarakkai) – 200 gms, finely chopped Moong Dal – 1/4 cup Dry Red Chillies – 2 Mustard Seeds – 1/4 tsp Urad Dal – 1 tsp …
Ingredients: Pudalangai (Snake Gourd) – 1 cup, chopped Moong Dal – 1/4 cup Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp Coconut – 4 tsp, grated Green Chillies – 3 Black Peppercorns – …
A different kind of Kootu for those bored with the usual.
Pudalangai Poricha Kootu
Clusterbeans Tamarind Kootu
Cucumber Mor Kootu
Mixed Spinach Kootu
Manathakkali Keerai Kootu
Pumpkin Dal Kootu
Avarakkai Kootu
Kootu is a Tamil dish, made of vegetable and lentils and are semi-solid in consistency, i.e., less aqueous than sambhar, but more so than dry curries. Rice and kootu is a common and simple Tamil meal. In Tamil cuisine kootus are considered substitutes for both curries and sambhar.
