Sorakkai Kootu Recipe
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.
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 219kcal
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.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 219kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 271IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 2mg
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