Ingredients
Pressure cook
- 1/4 cup moong dal
- 3/4 cup water
- 150 grams of baby cucumbers chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
To Grind
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 green chilli
- Little water
Vellarikka kootu
- Water as required
- Curry and coriander leaves few
- Required salt
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
- freshly crushed pepper
To temper
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon urad dal
- 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida
Instructions
- First, wash and soak moong dal for 30 minutes
- add chopped cucumber, dal, water, turmeric powder, and sesame oil to a pressure cooker
- Cook for 5 whistles and do natural pressure release
- Grind coconut, cumin seeds, green chilli, and water; keep aside
- Mix well and mash the cooked dal
- add ground coconut, water, curry leaves, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, and required salt; mix well
- furthermore, add crushed pepper; mix well
- boil for 5 minutes or till kootu comes to desired consistency
- turn off the stove
- Add coconut oil to a pan and turn on the stove on medium flame
- When the oil turns hot add mustard seeds and urad dal; splutter
- Furthermore asafoetida and ginger powder; mix well
- Turn off the stove and Transfer to the kootu
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Notes
- Always try a small piece of cucumber before making kootu
- If you are using big cucumber, peel the skin
- Soaking dal is optional
- If the cucumber you use tends to get mushy soon, avoid pressure cooking them. Cook them in an open pot
- Adjust chili according to your spice
- Kootu thickens over time so adjust the water accordingly
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