veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu, தக்காளிக்காய் கூட்டு One of the tastiest kootu, that differs in taste from all other veggie kootu is thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu | dhal because no other kootu will have sourness except this thakkali kai kootu. So whenever you see the green tomato in the shop just buy it to try this dish. Or if you have green tomatoes in the garden use them for making kootu.

What is kootu:

Kootu is a combinatioin of a veggie and dal (toor dal, moon dal, or chana dal etc). Adding coconut-cumin-chilly paste at the end of cooking gives nice flavour to the curry. Mostly all the kootu is made with coconut oil.

Alterations:

If you are going to make this as semi gravy, just reduce the water level accordingly.

If you are going to make it as a curry, just increase the water quantity

There are a variety of kootu recipes in the blog, also easy to make.

Using oil:

Usually, for kootu recipes, coconut oil will be used, Adding coconut oil gives unique flavor and taste to the dish. but also, we can use ground oil, seasme oil, or ghee.

Let us see how to make veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu written recipe with stepwise pictures

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thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu | dhal

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings: 3

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

Pressure cooking the dhal:

¼ cup moong dhal
1 cup water

For grinding:

¼ cup shredded coconut
1 tsp cumin
2 dry red chilly (or more, depending upon your taste)
1 tsp roasted gram

For making kootu:

1 tbsp coconut oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dhal
few curry leaves
A pinch asafoetida
150 gram green tomato thakkali kai
¼ tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste

Method

Pressure cooking the dhal:

Rinse the ¼ cup of moong dhal in water, put it inside the pressure cooker with 1 cup of water
Pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame
After pressure releases open the lid and keep aside

For grinding:

In a blender jar, add 1/4 cup of shredded coconut, 1 tsp cumin, 2 dry red chilly, 1 tsp roasted gram
blend it finely with little water and keep aside

For making kootu:

Heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil in a pan, splutter ½ tsp of mustard seeds, then add ½ tsp urad dhal, few curry leaves, 1 dry red chilly, and a pinch of asafoetida
Now add chopped green tomato (thakkali kai) saute it for 4 minutes till it gets soft
Add in pressure cooked moong dhal and mix well, bring into a boil
then add the ground paste and mix well
bring into a boil and turn off the flame