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
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins
Serves : 4 to 5
Ingredients:
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
Method:
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.
Pictorial:
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| Take your bottle gourd |
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| Peel em |
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| Chop them |
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| Add it to a pot |
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| Add in washed moongdal |
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| Cover with some water and put on stove |
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| Add in salt |
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| Cover with a lid |
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| Cook till the dal and lauki is cooked |
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| Take grinding ingredients in a mixer |
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| Make into a smooth paste |
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| Add it to the kootu |
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| Bring it to boil |
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| I forgot to add turmeric while grinding |
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| Mix well |
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| Done |
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| Make tempering |
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| Pour it over |
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| Mix well |
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| Serve |
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!