Kootu Curry is a simple lentil and vegetable dish that is mildly flavoured and great both as part of your daily meal or a grand Sadya on a special occasion like Onam.
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If you try just one new dish for Onam, let it be this. It's almost impossible to get wrong and will add tremendously to your festive meal.
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
Green pumpkin - 650gms
Yam - 500gms
Bengal gram - 100gms - soak in water
Yam - 500gms
Bengal gram - 100gms - soak in water
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Water to cook
Paste to Grind:
Dried red chillies - 15 gms
Zeera - 1 tbsp
Grated coconut - 100gms
Seasoning (Tadka):
Coconut oil
Dried red chillies - 15 gms
Zeera - 1 tbsp
Grated coconut - 100gms
Seasoning (Tadka):
Coconut oil
Red chillies
Mustard
Urad dhal
Curry leaves
Mustard
Urad dhal
Curry leaves
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Method:
- Grind the paste ingredients above with a dash of water.
- Pressure cook the soaked bengal gram with water and 1/4 tsp turmeric for 3 whistles.
- Heat water, add yam and 1/4 tsp turmeric, cover and cook.
- When the yam has started to soften add in the white pumpkin, along with the water of the cooked bengal gram and salt, cover and cook.
- When the vegetables are half done, add in the bengal gram, cover and cook.
- Add the paste to the dish and cook until the raw masala smell disappears.
- Make a tadka of the seasoning ingredients above.
- Top with the tadka and serve with love.
Kootu Curry is great with rice or as a side dish with chapatti. We love to add a bit of Mangai Thokku (cooked mango pickle) on the side for spice.
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