Kootu curry/Mixed vegetables and chickpeas in coconut gravy

Kootu curry/Mixed vegetables and chickpeas in coconut gravy

   Vishu is coming.. so i'm in a hurry to post Kerala sadya recipes:) Kootu curry is the mixed vegetable curry with a nice aroma and flavour.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin / mathanga (cubed)  : 1 cup
• Raw plantain / pachakka (cubed)  : 1/2 cup
• Yam / chena (cubed)  : 1 cup
• Black chick pea / kadala : 1/2 cup
• Turmeric powder : 1/4 tspn
• Red chilly powder:2 tspn
• Jaggery/sharkkara : 2 tblspn
• Salt

To grind:

• Grated coconut : 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds / jeerakam : 1/2 tspn

To temper:

• Mustard / kaduku : 1/2 tspn
• Dry red chilly : 2
• Grated coconut : 2 tblspn
• Curry leaves : 2 spring

Method:

• Soak black chick peas over night and pressure cook it with salt
• Cook all other vegetables till it become soft and almost fully cooked.Gravy should be thick,
• Mean while grind coocnut with cumin seeds in to a fine paste.Keep aside.
• Now add turmeric powder chilly powder salt and jaggery to the cooked vegetables.
• Mix it well and check for salt.
• Now add cooked chickpeas and mix it well with other vegetables.
• Add ground coconut paste.Mix it well.
• Now add cooked chick peas  and mix it well.
• Now heat a pan with oil 
• Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
• Add dry red chilly curry leaves and grated coconut.
• Fry it till it turn slight brown colour.
• Add it to the kootu curry and mix well.
• Kootu curry is ready to serve.