Zucchini Dal also known as Zucchini paal curry or paruppu is made with fresh zucchini, moong dal and coconut paste. This is a healthy South Indian inspired dish which can be served with hot rice or roti.
Zucchini Dal Recipe
Easy zucchini dal taste so delicious with some rice or roti. This is healthy and tasty dish which is so easy to make.
About Zucchini Dal
Zucchini also known as courgette, is a type of summer squash widely available in supermarkets and home gardens. You can make variety of dishes using zucchini like fritters, besan sabzi and zucchini kootu.
This vegetable can be used to make variety of recipes including this zucchini dal. I made this Paal Kootu which is a traditional South Indian stew made with milk, coconut paste, and vegetables (preferably Yellow Pumpkin, Ridge Gourd or Snake Gourd). It is also known as zucchini dal.
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Ingredients
Zucchini - use fresh zucchini for making this dal so it cooks faster and taste so delicious.
Coconut - You can use fresh coconut which is ground into a paste and used to thicken the curry.
Moong Dal - I like to use moong dal for this recipe, you can use toor dal or masoor dal too.
Spices - I used chillies and cumin seeds to grind with the coconut.
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1)Take coconut, cumin and green chillies in a blender
2)Grind to a slightly coarse mixture. Set this aside till use.
3)Wash moong dal. Take moong dal in a cooking pot.
4)Cover the dal with water. Cook the dal for 5 to 5 minutes until it is half cooked.
5)Once the dal is half cooked, Add in sliced zucchini.
6)Mix well and cook for 5 more minutes.
7)Add in coconut masala and mix well.
8)Cook for couple of minutes until the raw smell from coconut is cooked.
11)Mix rice flour with regular milk or coconut milk. Pour this slurry into the coconut dal mixture which will thicken the curry.
12)Pour rice flour into the dal curry and mix well. Cook for 2 more minutes until the curry is thickened.
13)Season the dal with salt.
14)Mix well
15)Heat coconut oil in a small pan. Add mustard, urad dal and dry red chillies. Add in curry leaves as well.
16)Once spices are sizzled. Pour it into the curry.
17)Mix well and serve.
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Zucchini Dal Recipe (Zucchini Paruppu)
Equipment
- Cooking pot
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 large Zucchini chopped
- ½ cup Split Yellow Moong Dal (Pasi Paruppu)
- 1 teaspoon Salt to taste
To Grind
- ½ cup Fresh Coconut grated
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 no Green Chillies
For Rice Flour Slurry
- 1 teaspoon Rice Flour
- ¼ cup Milk or Coconut Milk
To Temper
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
- 2 no Dry Red Chillies broken into small pieces
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Grind the ingredients given to grind to a coarse mixture using some water. Set aside.
- Wash moong dal and take it in a pan. Add water and cook till dal is half cooked, it will take around 5 to 8 minutes.
- Now Add in zucchini and cook till dal and veggies is completely cooked, it will take around 6 to 8 minutes. Now add in salt and mix well.
- Add ground coconut into the curry and mix well. Cook for couple of minutes.
- Mix rice flour with milk and add it into the kootu and mix well. Simmer for 2 mins.
- Heat oil in a pan, add in tempering ingredients and let it sizzle. Pour this into the kootu and Mix well. Serve.
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Zucchini Paal Kootu Recipe is great! To be honest, I'm not good at cooking but I like them, they give me joy and excitement every time I finish the dishes, which is a great thing. With your recipe, I just need to follow the instructions and the rest is simple. Thanks for sharing