Ingredients (Translation)
Boiled Vegetables like potato, carrot, peas, beans, plantain, yam, sweet potato
A small piece of tamarind soaked in water
Salt to taste
Few Curry Leaves
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 tsp Asafoetida
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
2 tbsp Oil
For Masala
2 tsp bengalgram dal
1 tsp coriander seeds
4 Red chillies
3 tbsp grated coconut
Roast the masala ingredients and grind it to a fine paste using water.
Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it starts spluttering, add turmeric powder, curry leaves and tamarind juice.
Allow it to boil. Add the boiled vegetables. If too thick add some water.
Add salt and asafoetida and allow it to boil.
It should be a bit thick consistency. If very watery, add some rice flour paste to the kootu.
Serve with rice or chapatis.
kootu recipe, how to make puli kootu, side dish for rice
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yummy! will be great with rice and papdam...
ReplyDeleteMasala sounds great!! Slurp!!:))
ReplyDeletemmmm, yummy , simple curry , best with rice.......
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference b/w this kootu and arachu vitta samabr?
ReplyDelete@ Rajitha, Seena ....it definetely tastes very nice with rice
ReplyDeleteThanks Asha for ur comments
@ Suganya-
This is mainly a sidedish and is thick as compared to sambhar. The proportions in ingredients makes all the difference-for sambhar, tamarind is used more, whereas here it is less.