Pongal Kootu
Recipe for Vegetable Kootu. This Kootu is mostly prepared on festival days, especially for Thiruvathirai and Pongal. This is also called as Pongal Kootu.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4people | 10minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 20minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 Sweet Potato / Cheeni Kizhangupeeled and cubed
- 1 Yam Ordinary / Karunai Kizhangupeeled and cubed
- 1 Raw Banana / Vazhakkaipeeled and cubed
- 1cup Snake Gourd / Pudalangai chopped
- 1cup White Pumpkin / Ash Gourdpeeled and cubed
- 2 cups Pumpkin / Poosanikai peeled and cubed
- 1 Potatopeeled and cubed
- Saltto taste
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 1 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
For Masala:
- 1 cup Fresh Coconut grated
- 4-6 Dry Red Chillies
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1tbsp Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- Water as needed
For Seasoning:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- Curry leaves a handful
Instructions
- Take moong dal in a pan, cover with water and cook till done.
- Take grinding ingredients in a blender, add water little by little and make it into a smooth paste.
- Prepare veggies and wash them well. Now take them in a pot and add in salt, turmeric powder and water. Mix well. Bring it to a boil and cover and simmer the flame and cook for 15 to 20 mins till veggies are done.
- Once the veggies are done, add dal and coconut masala nd mix well. Simmer for a further 5 mins.
- Now make seasoning by heating oil and crackling the spices, pour this in to the curry and mix well.
- Serve with rice.
Recipe Notes
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