Vegetable Kootu

Vegetable Kootu is a South Indian dish which is served in a meal. It is prepared with Vegetables and lintels.
Here we will see many Kootus and the first one is the most simple and easy to prepare dish.

Squash (Blore Katharikkai) Kootu

Ingredients:

1. Blore katharikai 1
2. payatham paruppu (green gram dal)
3. sambhar powder 1 t spoon
4. fresh grated coconu 1 table spoon
5. salt to taste
6. jeera powder 1 t spoon
7. mustard seeds 1/2 t spoon, urad dal 1/2 t spoon jeera 1/2 t spoon for garnishing
8. curry leaves and coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)
9. Asafotida powder little

Method

Soak the dal in water for some time.

cut the vegetable into small pieces. (you can add half potato and half carrots, and a little beans to this for varied taste)

Keep a Pressure cooker on the stove with little water. Add the dal. when it comes to boil add the cut vegetables and add the sambhar powder . Don't add salt. close the lid. After 2 whistles switch of the stove.

Open the cooker after it is cool and the pressure comes to normal.

Keep it on the stove add salt and jeera powder, add half of cocnut and mix well.

Take a small kadai, and put little oil and put the mustard seeds, once it splutters, add the urad dal and jeera . when the dal is brown , add the asafotida powder and add the remaining coconut and also the curry leaves and the coriander leaves and mix well. Add this to the Kootu which is in the Cooker. Mix well and Serve.