Showing posts with label Kootu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kootu. Show all posts

Friday, March 4, 2011

Plantain pith and Coconut medley



Vazhai Thandu Mor Kootu is on of the yummy ways to eat this healthy pith.The fibre reserves in this is ideal for weight loss.   

Ingredients
Banana Stem-2 cups
Buttermilk-1 cup
Salt to taste

For grinding
Coconut-1/4 cup                 
Green chili-1
Cumin seeds-1tsp

Aruvamane
For tempering
Coconut oil-1tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Curry leaves-1 sprig

Method-
Cut the outer covers of the stem and dice the inner core into bits.You can rub your hands with oil to prevent stickiness and stain.While dicing the bits remove the fibre from the pith.The aruvamane(vegetable knife) is the best tool for this.  I have cut them up into roundels because I fancied it that way!Take curd and water churn to make watery buttermilk.Add the pith pieces and salt.Pressure cook this.In a mixer add the ingredients to be ground.Add this to the buttermilk.Now comes the tricky part.You have to careful while adding curd into this mixture.You have to reduce the flame and stir in the curd in high heat the curd will break.To temper the ingredients you can use coconut oil to give it a nice flavour.Add in the tempered ingredients and enjoy.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Raw Tomato Melange



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My dad got me half a kilo of raw tomatoes. I made kootu out of it. Here goes the recipe.


Ingredients:

Raw Tomatoes-1/2 kg

Moong Dal-1 cup

Salt-according to taste

Turmeric-a pinch

Asafoetida-a pinch

Coriander Powder-1 tsp(according to taste)

Sambar Powder-1 tsp(according to taste)

Salt-according to taste

Coriander leaves-for garnish


For spluttering

Oil-1 tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Red chillies-2

1tsp-urad dal

1string-Curry Leaves




Method:Cut up the tomatoes into small pieces.Put some water and let it cook till done.Pressure cook moong dal in the cooker.Take some oil in a pan,splutter the mustard seeds,followed by urad,red chillies and curry leaves.Put the cooked tomatoes and the lentils. Add salt,turmeric powder,hing,coriander powder,sambar powder and mix well.Cook till done. If this melange is watery add a teaspoon of raw rice mixed in water to make this thick.Garnish with coriander leaves.This is known as Pachai Takali Kootu

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