Ingredients
Chow Chow - 2 (big size)
Groundnut (verkadalai) - 100 gms
Bengal gram (kadalai paruppi) - 1/2 cup (100 gm)
Thoor dhal (thuvaram paruppu) - 1/2 cup (100 gm)
Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon
Tamarind (puli) - size of lemon
Salt - 1 and 1/2 tablespoon
Ingredients for grinding
Coriander seeds (Dhaniya) - 2 tablespoon
Bengal gram (Kadalai paruppu) - 2 tablespoon
Asafoetida - a small pinch
Dry Red chilly - 6
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
Sunflower oil - 1 tablespoon
- Heat oil in a pan and add dhaniya, bengal gram, chilly, asafoetida
- Roast them till they turn brownish red
- Put them In a mixer grinder container
- Add the coconut, half a tumbler of water and grind nicely
- Keep this ready
Preparation
- Cook thoor dhal and keep it ready
- Prepare 2 tumblers of tamarind water by thoroughly squeezing tamarind
- Chop chow chow in to small pieces
- Heat 2 tumblers of water in a vessel along with chopped chow chow, bengal gram and groudnut
- Wait till the chow chow is half boiled
- Add tamarind water
- Add salt
- Heat for 10 minutes
- Add the grinded ingredients
- Heat for 5 minutes
- Add the cooked thoor dhal
- Heat for 5 to 10 minutes
- Turn off the stove
- In a sepatrate pan heat mustard and curry leaves with a teaspoon of sunflower oil
- Allow mustard to burst
- Add the mustard and curry leaves in the koottu
Thanks for sharing! Please check out one of my simple iyengar kootu recipes here and let me know what you think - http://www.tastyveggierecipes.com/single-post/2016/12/19/Authentic-Iyengar-style-squash-stew-kootu
ReplyDeleteCame out superb. Thanks a ton for this recipe. The koottu vessel became empty within no time. Thanks Andal Mami
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