Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 2 Potato (medium chopped finely)
  • 2 Carrot (chopped finely)
  • 1 cup Cabbage (chopped)
  • 1/2 cup Peas
  • 1/2 cup Tuvaram paruppu / Toor Dal
  • 1/2 tsp Sambhar powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt (to taste)
  • 2 tsp Oil
  • 2 tbsp Ullutham paruppu / urad dal
  • 4 Red chili
  • 1 tsp Black pepper corn
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1/2 cup Coconut (grated)
  • 2 tsp Oil (preferably coconut oil – 2 tsp)
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 2 tsp Ullutham paruppu / urad dal
  • Curry leaves (few)
  • 1/8 tsp Asafetida

Instruction

  • Wash and cook the toor dal until soft and mushy. Keep it aside.
  • Chop all the vegetables and place them in a pot. Add enough water to cover the vegetables.
  • Then add the turmeric powder and sambhar powder and cook until the vegetables are soft.
  • Add salt and let it cook for about 5 more minutes.
  • In the meantime, fry all the ingredients mentioned under the table and grind it to a smooth paste when it cools down.
  • Once the vegetables are cooked, add the ground paste along with the cooked toor dal and mix well. Adjust the consistency of the kootu based on your preference.
  • Let it simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes.
  • Fry the seasonings in coconut oil and add it to the kootu.
  • Serve with rice, idli, dosai or chapatti.