Vegetable Kootu

Payaswini's Recipes





Ingredients:
1 cup toor dal
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
1 tsp. oil
1-2 cups mixed vegetables,cut into small pieces
(green beans, carrot, turnip,chayote squash, ridge gourd, yam, potatoes,)

1/2 cup dill, chopped (Sappsige Soppu)
2 tbsp. peanuts
1 tsp. jaggery
1 long spring curry leaves
Salt to taste
For Masala:
1/2 cup grated, coconut
1 tsp. bengal gram
2 tsp. black gram
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tsp. coriander seeds
4 red chillies
1/2 tsp. pepper corns
1 tbsp. ghee
For Seasoning:
2 tsp. oil
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
1/2 tsp. asafoetida
Method:
Heat ghee in a pan and fry the masala ingredients (except the coconut) until lightly browned.
Grind in the mixie with coconut and little water to a fine paste.

Cook toor dal in a pressure cooker with water, turmeric, oil and keep aside.
Put all the vegetables into a pan. Add water and bring to boil until vegetables are tender.
Add chopped dill, peanuts and cook until soft. Add salt, ground paste, cooked dal, jaggery and curry leaves.
Bring it to boil. (If necessary add water) Simmer for 10-15 minutes until the kootu thickens.
Remove from the heat. Heat oil in a pan, add seasonings when it starts to split, stir into the kootu.

Serve hot or cold with Rice.