Vegetable Kootu Curry | Recipe of the Day - HealthyLife

A traditional kootu is a healthy curry and is a very delicious dish made with vegetables, coconut, chillies and cumin seeds. Koottu is generally served with white rice, puri  and chapati.

Ingredients

• Different vegetable or single vegetable like bottle gourd
• Moong dal – 1/2 cup
• Turmeric- 1/4 tsp
• Curry Leaves – Few
• Coconut Oil – 2 tsp
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
• Red chilli- 2 – 3
• Grated Coconut -3 Tbsp
• Salt
• Cumin seeds -3/4 tsp

Preparation:

• Cook the Moong Dal in a Vessel with 2-3 cups of water and Turmeric.
• In Another Vessel cook the vegetables with turmeric, curry leaves and sufficient water.
• Grind the Coconut, cumin and Chillies to a fine paste
• Cooked Dal and Vegetables mix together along with the ground paste
• Boil this Mixtures well and Add Salt to Taste
• Heat oil in Pan, add urad dal, mustard seeds and red chilly pieces. When the mustard starts to splutter, add curry leaves
• Pour this seasoning on Kootu.
• Kootu is ready to serve with puri, chapati or rice.

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