Sorakkai Kootu Recipe with step by step pictures. This kootu is very simple, easy to prepare and a special side dish for a south Indian lunch menu.
Sorakkai Kootu
This is one kootu which we grew up on. The one thing she do is changes the vegetable that goes into this. She adds
cucumber, pumpkin, snakegourd and stuff like that. I will surely post those recipes soon. This is one simple recipe that includes dal, veggies and coconut. It taste yummy when had with plain hot rice and ghee. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out.
Meanwhile check out my Papaya Kootu Recipe & Pumpkin & Cowpeas Kootu
Ingredients for Sorakkai Kootu
- Bottle Gourd / Sorakkai / Lauki - 3 cups chopped
- Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu - ½ cup
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
For Grinding:
- Coconut - ¾ cup grated
- Dry Red Chilli - 2
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Rice Flour - 2 tsp
For Tempering:
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
How to Make Sorakkai Kootu
- Peel and chop bottle gourd into a medium size pieces. Wash them well. Add them to a pot.
- Add in washed moong dal and cover it with water.
- Season with salt and mix well. Bring it to boil, simmer and cook for 15 to 20 mins till the dal is cooked.
- Take grinding ingredients in a blender, add water and make into a smooth paste.
- Add this to the dal mixture and mix well. Cook this for 5 mins.
- Now make seasoning. Heat oil and crackle mustard and curry leaves.
- Pour this over the curry and mix well.
- Serve with rice.
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Sorakkai Kootu Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups chopped Bottle Gourd / Sorakkai / Lauki
- ½ cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- For Grinding:
- ¾ cup grated Coconut
- 2 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 2 tsp Rice Flour
- For Tempering:
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Peel and chop bottle gourd into a medium size pieces. Wash them well. Add them to a pot.
- Add in washed moong dal and cover it with water.
- Season with salt and mix well. Bring it to boil, simmer and cook for 15 to 20 mins till the dal is cooked.
- Take grinding ingredients in a blender, add water and make into a smooth paste.
- Add this to the dal mixture and mix well. Cook this for 5 mins.
- Now make seasoning. Heat oil and crackle mustard and curry leaves.
- Pour this over the curry and mix well.
- Serve with rice.
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Sorakkai Kootu Recipe Step by Step
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vivek
easy and healthy dish...
sabareesan
Yummy dish.. I used to eat this w/o rice itself when my mom prepares....
Venkat
Thanks for the detailed photos of every ste. Really appreciate it.
Eswar
Soooperrr dish aarthi.. Am looking for a variety of sorakaya dishes.. This looks perfect to cook for anybody
Anonymous
Today i tried this dish. Really yummy. Thank you for your recipies. I am trying one by one.
Anonymous
Superb
Anonymous
Thank u aarthi for giving this wonderful dish. It was awesome !!!
Malathi Pillay
Can I leave out the rice flour or substitute it with something else? Thank you.
Aarthi
@Malathi Pillayu can simply leave out rice flour and grind some soaked rice along with coconut or leave it completely. it will still taste good
sencha
superb
Anonymous
different taste, very nice.
archna
Can we use dry coconut powder instead of fresh omen
Prashi
Tried this for lunch today.... Felt heavenly with rice and was also simple to make. Thank you so much for this recipe
Aparajita Bose
I was born in Chennai and loved all sorts of South Indian recipes, and recently tried this one. My (north) family absolutely loved it. Thank you for sharing!