Name: Kadala And Chena Kootu Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Black channa (soaked in water over night); 1 cup Yam / chena (chopped); 1 cup Ash gourd (chopped, Kumblanga); 1 cup Coconut (grated); 1 tsp Chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; Salt (As reqd); Coconut oil (As reqd); Curry leaves (Few); 1 tsp Sugar; 1/2 cup Coconut; 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 6 nos Pepper corns

Kadala And Chena Kootu Curry

Traditional sadhya kootu curry - Kadala and Chena kootu curry

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Prep Time 20 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 kg Black channa soaked in water over night
1 cup Yam / chena chopped
1 cup Ash gourd chopped, Kumblanga
1 cup Coconut grated
1 tsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt As reqd
Coconut oil As reqd
Curry leaves Few
1 tsp Sugar

For grinding:

1/2 cup Coconut
1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
6 nos Pepper corns

Instructions

For preparing Kootu curry, first cook channa with required salt and keep aside.
Grind together coconut, Cumin seeds and pepper corns. Keep this aside.
In a vessel cook yam, ash gourd with chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt.
When the vegetables are done, add the ground paste of coconut and cook for 5 minutes more.
In a pan, add little oil. Fry mustard, curry leaves and grated coconut.
Fry till coconut becomes dark brown in color.
Now mix together Channa, cooked vegetables and grated coconut well.
At last point add little sugar and remove from flame.
Kadala and chena kootu curry is ready.