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green tomato kootu

veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu

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green tomato kootu
green tomato kootu

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

green tomato kootu

thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu | dhal

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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 3

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
Keyword green tomato kootu, thakkali kai kootu

Stepwise Picture Recipe:

veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu
green tomato
150-gram green tomatoes
green tomato kootu
Firstly, wash the tomatoes and cut into small pieces
green tomato kootu
Keep aside for later use
For grinding:
green tomato kootu
Firstly, In a blender jar, add 1/4 cup of shredded coconut, 1 tsp cumin, 2 dry red chilly, 1 tsp roasted gram
green tomato kootu
blend it finely with little water , keep aside for later use

For making kootu:

veg dish for lunch | thakkali kai kootu | green tomato kootu

green tomato 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
veg dish for lunch
Once all the spices we added got tossed well, now, Add chopped tomato and saute
veg dish for lunch
saute for a while (4 minutes of sauting is enough)
veg dish for lunch
Add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and salt, mix it
veg dish for lunch
cover the pan with lid, cook it low flame for 2 minutes
veg dish for lunch
After 2 minutes, open the lid, Now add in pressure cooked moong dhal, mix well
veg dish for lunch
Bring into a boil
veg dish for lunch
Then add the ground paste and mix well
veg dish for lunch
bring into a boil and turn off the flame, Serve with rice and rotis

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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