Cucumber Kootu 2

This is another way of making cucumber kootu. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Cucumber - 1 cup (chopped into big cubes)
2. Channa dhall - 1/4 cup
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Salt to taste.

For Grinding:-

1. Channa Dhall - 1 tsp
2. Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp
3. Coconut - 2 tsp
4. Red chillies - 1
5. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
6. Curry leaves - 5

For seasoning:-

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp
4. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
5. Curry leaves - few

Take a pan, pre heat a drop of oil, fry the ingredients given for grinding, to goldeb brown and grind it into a fine paste. Keep it aside. Now take a wide pan, put the chopped cucumber, add turmeric powder, required amount of water, salt and let it cook. Cucumber takes less time to cook. when its half done, add the coconut paste to it and add a little bit of water. Let it again cook for another 3 mts. Now add the cooked channa dhall to it and let everthing mix for another 3 to 5 mts. When everything is nicely mixed, turn off the stove. Take a small pan, pre heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dhall, asafoetida powder and curry leaves and fry it till golden brown. Pour it on top of kootu. This can also be a wonderful side dish for sambar rice and chapathi

Cauliflower Kootu

This is another kootu we make using channa dhall. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Cauliflower florets - 1 cup (chop it)
2. Channa dhall - 1/2 cup
3. turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
4. Salt to taste
5. Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp
6. Channa dhall - 1/2 tsp
7. Red chillies - 1
8. coconut - 2 tbsp
9. Oil - 2 tsp
10. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
11. Urad dhall - 1
12. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
13. curry leaves - few

First pressure cook channa dhall with a pinch of turmeric powder in it. Keep it aside. Take a small pan, pre heat a drop of oil, put ingredients 5,6,7 and 8 and fry it till golden brown. Let it cool and grind it into a fine paste. Keep it aside.

Now take a pan, put the cauliflower in it. Add required amount of water, turmeric powder and salt and let it cook. When it becomes tender, add the coconut paste and let it cook for another5 to 7 mts. After 5 mts of boiling, add the cooked channa dhall to it and le everything cook nicely. Turn off the stove and garnish it with curry leaves. This can be a wonderful side dish for chapathi's

Tomato kootu

This is another simple recipe we make in my mother in law's place. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Tomato - 2 (chopped)
2. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Salt to taste
4. Coconut - 2 tsp
5. Green chillies - 2
6. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

For seasoning:-

1. Oil - 2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp
4. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
   
5. Coriander leaves - few

First grind coconut+green chillies+cumin seeds into fine paste and keep it aside. Take a pan, put chopped tomatoes in it. Add turmeric powder, salt and required amount of water and let it cook for 7 mts. When tomatois 1/2 cooked, add the coconut paste to it and add little bit of water and let it cook for 5 to 7 mts. When the ingredients comes to required consistency, turn off the stove. Take a small pan, pre heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dhall and asafoetida powder and pour it on top of kootu. Garnish it with coriander leaves.