Name: Kerala Easy Koottu Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Bengal gram (Kadalaparippu); 1/4 kg Vegetables; Pumpkin(Mathanga); Snake gourd(Padavalanga); Long runner beans(Achinga/Payar); Elephant yam(Chena); Cucumber(Vellarikka); 1/2 cup Inner flesh of drum stick (Muringakka); 3/4 cup Grated coconut; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 3 nos Green chillies (split into 2); Salt (As reqd); 1 dsp Ghee; 1/4 cup Coconut oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 2 dsp White gram dal; 3 nos Dried red chillies (broken into 3, Kollamulaku); 2 sprigs Curry leaves

Kerala Easy Koottu Curry

A traditional, healthy, full of nutritious veggies loaded curry. Koottu Curry is a side-dish usually served as part of the traditional feast of Kerala, Sadya. It is a curry based dish with a few veggies and legumes.It is a mixture of black chickpeas or chana dal and combination of vegetables like ash gourd /winter melon, raw plantain/kaya, elephant yam /chena with ground coconut and spices.This is prepared in different styles in different parts of Kerala and it’s semi dry preparation.

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Prep Time 30 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 cup Bengal gram Kadalaparippu
1/4 kg Vegetables
Pumpkin(Mathanga)
Snake gourd(Padavalanga)
Long runner beans(Achinga/Payar)
Elephant yam(Chena)
Cucumber(Vellarikka)
1/2 cup Inner flesh of drum stick Muringakka
3/4 cup Grated coconut
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
3 nos Green chillies split into 2
Salt As reqd
1 dsp Ghee

For seasoning:

1/4 cup Coconut oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 dsp White gram dal
3 nos Dried red chillies broken into 3, Kollamulaku
2 sprigs Curry leaves

Instructions

Cook Bengal gram dal with salt and water to a thick gravy.
Clean and cut the vegetables into small pieces.
Par boil the vegetables by steaming.
Grind 1/2 cup of grated coconut and mix it with turmeric powder and green chillies.
Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.
Splutter mustard seeds followed by white gram dal, dried red chillies and curry leaves.
Add the ground coconut mixture and saute for sometime, till the water dries up.
Add the cooked vegetables, salt and bengal gram dal. Saute well. 9)Heat 1 dsp of ghee in another pan.
Fry 1/4 cup of grated coconut, till it becomes golden brown.
Add this to the above vegetable curry and mix well.
:- In this curry, a miscellaneous variety of vegetables and Bengal gram are used. The difference between this and `Aviyal` is that no tamarind is added.