Now we are going to see some koottu. Koottu in tamil and may be gravy in english. Raswali sabji in Hindi. For four persons you will need
Ingredients:
Chopped cabbage 4 cups
Moong dhal two table spoons
coconut shredded two table spoons
Red chillies 2 Nos.
Rice flour or Pottukadalai/fried chana 2 tea spoons
salt to taste
jeera one tea spoon
Turmeric Powder 1/4 tea spoon
For tempering
Oil two teaspoons
mustard seeds,, one teaspoon
splitted urad dhal one teaspoon
Red chilly one number
Curry leaaves, coriander leaves
Grind the coconut with red chillies, rice flour and jeera into a fine paste. Keep it aside. Now wash the moong dhal and cook it adding water in a pressure cooker or in a non stick kadai till it becomes soft. Add the cabbage and add turmeric powder. After the cabbage is half boiled add salt. When the cabbage is cooked add the grinded paste and let it boil for two minutes. Remove from the fire and temper with mustard seeds, urad dhal splitted, One Red chilly and Curry leaves. Garnish with coriander leaves. You can eat this kootu with rice, vathal kuzambu rice and sambar rice. There are one or two more types in preparing this koottu. You can prepare koottu in this method with the following vegetables.
White gourd(pooshani kay white)
Chow chow
beans
carrot
brinjal
Pumpkin
You can also prepare this koottu by using a pressure cooker. Put all the ingredients, that is, moong dhal, cabbage, turmeric powder in a cooker pan and add water. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Open the cooker after the pressure subsides. Put it in fire and add salt and let it boil for 2 minutes. Now add the grinded paste and boil for another 3 or 4 minutes. If it is very thick add some water. And temper it and garnish it as told previously.
Ingredients:
Chopped cabbage 4 cups
Moong dhal two table spoons
coconut shredded two table spoons
Red chillies 2 Nos.
Rice flour or Pottukadalai/fried chana 2 tea spoons
salt to taste
jeera one tea spoon
Turmeric Powder 1/4 tea spoon
For tempering
Oil two teaspoons
mustard seeds,, one teaspoon
splitted urad dhal one teaspoon
Red chilly one number
Curry leaaves, coriander leaves
Grind the coconut with red chillies, rice flour and jeera into a fine paste. Keep it aside. Now wash the moong dhal and cook it adding water in a pressure cooker or in a non stick kadai till it becomes soft. Add the cabbage and add turmeric powder. After the cabbage is half boiled add salt. When the cabbage is cooked add the grinded paste and let it boil for two minutes. Remove from the fire and temper with mustard seeds, urad dhal splitted, One Red chilly and Curry leaves. Garnish with coriander leaves. You can eat this kootu with rice, vathal kuzambu rice and sambar rice. There are one or two more types in preparing this koottu. You can prepare koottu in this method with the following vegetables.
White gourd(pooshani kay white)
Chow chow
beans
carrot
brinjal
Pumpkin
You can also prepare this koottu by using a pressure cooker. Put all the ingredients, that is, moong dhal, cabbage, turmeric powder in a cooker pan and add water. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Open the cooker after the pressure subsides. Put it in fire and add salt and let it boil for 2 minutes. Now add the grinded paste and boil for another 3 or 4 minutes. If it is very thick add some water. And temper it and garnish it as told previously.
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