Beans Poricha kootu
Ingredients
For cooking Dhal:
- 1/2 cup Moong dhal
- 11/2 cup water
- 1/4 tsp ghee/oil
For Roasting and Grinding:
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 2 tsp urad dhal
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 4 dry red chilly
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
To make kootu:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp urad dhal
- few curry leaves
- ½ tsp asafoetida
- ½ tbsp ginger (finely chopped)
- 200 gm beans chopped 1½ cup
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
Instructions
For cooking Dhal:
- Rinse dhal well
- Add it into a pressure cooker with little ghee or oil
- cover the lid, pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame
For roasting and Grinding:
- Heat the oil in a pan, add 1 tsp coriander seeds, 2 tsp urad dhal, 1 tsp cumin, and 4 red chilis
- saute it for 4 minutes
- Add ¼ cup of coconut shredded
- saute it for 5 minutes
- turn off the flame, allow it to cool
- Transfer the mixture into a blender jar, add ¼ tsp pepper blend it into a smooth paste with little water
For making kootu:
- Heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, and curry leaves
- put chopped ginger, saute it for a while
- Add chopped beans and saute
- Sprinkle salt and pepper
- pour 1 cup of water cover and cook it for 10 minutes for the beans to cook
- open the lid add in cooked dhal and ground paste and mix well
- Bring into aboil, now the beans kootu is ready