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Vegetable Kootu
Ingredients
VEGETABLE KOOTU. This dish is used with Kallai. Home Made Recipe – Pearl – Yemen. Vegetables Required: Sweep Potato, Yam, Green Pumkin, Yellow Pumkin, Cooking Cucumber,Runner Beans, Potatoes, Kurkankalangu – all vegetables ¼ Kg each – or as desired. Clean, wash & cut Vegetables into cubes par boil with Turmeric Pwd ¼ tspn, & Salt to taste – Keep aside. Additional Items Required: Syra Paruppu-1/4 Cup (should be cooked) & kept. Grind to Paste: ¾ Cup Coconut Scraping; & 6-8 Green Chillies or as desired- should be ground coarsly & kept. Seasoning:- Mustard Seeds – 1tspn; Curry Leaves (few); 3-4 Dry Red Chillies, Oil 3-4 Tbspns.
Method
Method:- Take a Vessel add the cooked Vegetables, the cooked Dhal, & the ground Masala, Mix well without breaking the Vegetables, & put it on the Flame on low heat – let it cook for a while. When the Kootu is ready remove from Flame & keep aside; season with Mustard Seeds, Curry Leaves & Dry Red Chillies – pour over the Kootu & serve.

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