Ingredients:
1 medium sized cauliflower
Onions -1
Garlic - 3
Tomato - 1
Any other vegetables like carrot/peas etc. - 1/2 cup
2 tsp oil1 tsp
mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
Channa dal - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
To Grind:
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2 tsp Jeera
3 tbsp grated coconut
1 or 2 green chillies (Optional)
Method :
Soak Channa dal atleast half an hour before starting to cook(soaking in hot water will take probably just 15 mins; )
Heat little Oil in a pressure pan, add mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, curry leaves. And then add onion/garlic/tomayos fry till it turns light brown.
Add, cauliflower, soaked dal and vegetables and salt. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes and close the lid and pressure cook it by allowing it to cook for 2 whistles.
Open the lid of the pressure pan when the steam is completely gone. Now add the ground paste : (the Grated coconut, jeera,greenchillies). Mix it well with the contents and let it boil just for couple of mins and set aside.
Kootu can be best served with rotis.
