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
thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu | dhal
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
Instructions
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
Stepwise Picture Recipe:
veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu
For grinding:
For making kootu:
veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu
Now the veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu is ready to serve
- Adjust the spice level according to your taste. Also, the spice level of this kootu recipe would be medium in this recipe.
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