Kootanchoru Recipe
Kootanchoru Recipe with Step by step pictures. A Mixture of Rice, Dal, Vegetables, Drumstick Leaves & Spicy Coconut Masala is a Typical SouthIndian Rice Dish.
Ingredients
- Rice - 2 cup Cook this with 6 cups of water
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - ½ cup
- Tamarind - 1 small lemon size
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 1 teaspoon to saute drumstick leaves
Vegetables:
- Potato - 1 large peeled and cubed
- Raw Banana / Vazhakai - 1 peeled and cubed
- Ladys finger / Okra / Vendaikai - 5 chopped
- Brinjal / Kathirikai - 1 chopped
- Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna ulli - 5 peeled and left whole
- Pumpkin / Poosanikai - 1 cup chopped
- Cucumber / Vellarikai - 1 cup chopped
- Drumstick Leaves / Murungai keerai - 3 cup packed
For Grinding:
- Coconut - 1.5 cup grated
- Chilli powder or Dry Red Chilli - 1 tblspn or 5
- Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli - 3
- Coriander Seeds / Malli - 2 tblspn
- Whole Pepper - 1 tsp
For Seasoning:
- Oil - 1 tblspn
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Vadakam / Dried Onion Vadam- 5 piece optional
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in ½ cup of water. Squeeze the pulp with your hands and strain the mixture. Set aside till use.
- Start by cooking rice. Take washed rice in a pressure cooker, add 6 cups of water and pressure cook it for 5 whistle. Now simmer the flame and let it cook for 15 mins. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. Set it aside.
- Now cook the dal, take dal and cover it with water. Cook it for 2 whistle. Now simmer the flame and let it cook for 10 mins. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. Set it aside.
- Grind the ingredients given for the masala to a smooth paste by adding some water.
- Now take all the vegetables in a large kadai. Cover with water and add salt to it. Bring it to a boil and simmer the pot. Let it cook for 20 mins till the veggies are done.
- Now add in cooked dal and tamarind water and mix well. Cook it for 5 mins.
- Add in the ground masala and mix well. Boil it for 5 to 10 mins.
- Saute drumstick leaves in a teaspoon of oil till the leaves is wilted. Add this to the gravy and boil it.
- Make seasoning by heating oil and crackling mustard and vadakam. Pour this into the gravy. Boil it for 5 more mins. Now the gravy is done.
- Take rice in a large pot and pour enough gravy into it. Mix well.
- Serve with thogayal and papad..
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