INGREDIENTS
- CHOW CHOW CUBED – 1 CUP
- GREEN GRAM DAL – 1/2 CUP
- SLIT GREEN CHILLY – 2
- RED CHILLY – 1
- ASAFOETIDA – 1/4TSP
- SAMBHAR POWDER – 1 TSP
- COCONUT OIL – 1 TSP
- MUSTARD SEED – 1 TSP
- BLACK GRAM DAL – 1 TSP
- BE GAL GRAM DAL – 1 TSP
- CURRY LEAVES – FEW
- CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES – 1 TSP
- SALT – TO TASTE
METHOD
- Cook dal and the vegetable till soft with a pinch of turmeric powder in 2 cups of water.
- Add the required salt, green chilly and sambhar powder and bring to a boil, till the kootu is thick enough in consistency. Temper in coconut oil with mustard, dals, red chilly asafoetida and curry leaves.
- Serve with hot rice
NOTE
- This can be made with Ash gourd, bottle gourd, cabbage and ridge gourd.
- This simple kootu requires minimal effort but is delicious with hot rice or as an accompaniment to pepper rasam, vathakuzhambu or menthiya kuzhambu.
