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. Serve this with hot rice and a side dish of choice.
Image is only for illustration and not that of the actual recipe
Ingredients:
Yellow Pumpkin (Parangikai) – 1/2 cup
White Pumpkin (Poosanikai) – 1/2 cup
Bottle Gourd (Surakai) – 1/2 cup
Toor Dal – 50 gms
Moong Dal – 50 gms
Bengal Gram Dal – 50 gms
Onions – 1/2 cup, finely chopped
Tomatoes – 2, finely chopped
Curry Leaves – few
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida Powder – a pinch
Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil – 2 tblsp
To Grind:
Coconut – 1/4 cup, grated
Jeera – 2 tblsp
Green Chillies – 3
Fennel Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Method:
Peel the outer skin of the pumpkins and bottle gourd. Deseed and finely chop.
Grind the coconut, jeera, green chillies and feenel seeds with little water to a thick paste.
Soak the dals in water for 30 minutes.
Take a pressure cooker and cook the dals, vegetables,salt, turmeric powder by adding the required water.
Allow them to cool for a while.
Take a pan and heat the oil in a medium flame.
When the oil is heated up, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida.
WHen the mustard seeds is splattered, add the chopped onions and tomatoes.
Saute for a minute or until the onions turn brown.
Add the grinded paste, cooked vegetables and dal to it and mix well.
Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website.