Traditional Heritage

Mixed Vegetable Kootu – Karnataka Style Kootu

Cook Time:

30 min

Prep Time:

10 min

Servings:

4

Ingredients

  • ½ cup door dal
  • Pinch of turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon jaggery
  • ¾ teaspoon tamarind (adjust according to taste)
  • 10 curry leaves roasted
  • 2 tablespoons peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro to garnish
  • ¼ cup cut green beans
  • ¼ cup cut carrots
  • 4 small potatoes cut in half
  • 2 bell peppers cut
  • 2 tablespoons ghee or oil
  • Pinch of hinge
  • Salt to taste

For Masala:

  • 1 Tbsp dhania
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon jeera
  • ¼ teaspoon methi
  • 4 dry red chilli
  • 1 teaspoon chana dal
  • 1 teaspoon urad dal
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • ¼ cup grated coconut

Directions

  • Wash and cook toor dal with turmeric.
  • In a small pan, roast, all masala ingredients except coconut, till aromatic and golden.
  • Grind masala with grated coconut into a fine paste.
  • Chop the vegetables and roast them for 5-10 minutes till half done.
  • Mix vegetables, masala paste and cooked vegetables with the cooked dal.
  • Add jaggery, salt and tamarind
  • Boil the mixture for 10 minutes on low heat. Keep stirring.
  • Roast peanuts and curry leaves in ghee, add hinge
  • Garnish the kootu and add cilantro on top.

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