Wednesday 2 April 2014

Kootu curry/Mixed vegetables and chickpeas in coconut gravy

Kootu curry/Mixed vegetables and chickpeas in coconut gravy



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.

9 comments:

  1. My favoutire Dish of all Onam dishes. I used to add some roasted coconut also in this dish. Lovely dish.

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  2. One of my fav dish...I tasted it so many times but never prepared my self...thanks for sharing this...

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  3. Nice kootu curry. My fav. too..

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  4. Flavorful curry...... Love it!!

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  5. This is a very different curry for me. looks very flavorful and delicious.

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  6. Yummy kootu curry.....an inevitable one with sadhya.......

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