Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Poosinikai kootu

Ingredients:
Red pumpkin - 500 gm
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Red chillies - 1
Curry leaves
Milk- 50 ml
Jeera - 2 ts
Bengal gram dhal - 25gm
Broken Moong dhal - 25 gm
turmeric powder - 1ts
Mustard seeds - 2ts
urad dhal - 2ts
Oil - 2ts
சால்ட்
Method :
Peel the skin of the pumpkin and chopped it into thin pieces.Pressure cook the pumpkin with moong dhal and bengal gram dhal , turmeric powder by adding little water to it. Grind the coconut, jeera, red chillies and 1ts of raw rice. (Rice is to thicken the gravy).
Mix the mixture with the cooked pumpkin.Add salt and 1 ts sugar.Cook it for a minute.Now add milk and keep it in the flame for some seconds.Season the mustard seeds and urad dhal in the oil.Pour it on the kootu.Add curry leaves.Serve with rice/ chappathi.

Cabbage Kootu

Ingredients:1/2 lb Caggage1 cup Chana dal (boiled)
1 tsp Cumin seeds3 Green chilles1
Medium size onion1
Medium size tomato1/2 cup Shedded saltfor தச்டே
Method:1. Pre-heat the oil in a kadai splutter some cumin seeds.
2. Add the chopped onion & cillies fry till golden brown.Add the chopped tomato,turmeric powder & salt & cook for4-5mts.
3. Add the cabbage & cook for 6-7 mts.
4. Then, add the chana dal & transfer the cabbage in to the pressure cooker & cook till 1whistle.
5. Open the cooker & added the shedded coconut & cook for next 5-6mts.6. Cabbage kootu is ready serve hot with rice,roti & puri.

Peerkangai Kootu

2 Medium size Ridge Gourd
1/2cup Moong dal
1/4cup Thoor dal
1 Medium size Onion
1 Medium size Tomato
2 Green chillis
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
1tsp Coriander powder
1/2tsp Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4tsp Turmind concentrate
Oil
salt for தச்டே
Method:
1. First fry the moong dal in a pressure pan for 5-6 mts & add the thoor dal combine both & pour 1 glass of water & pressure in to 1 whistle.
2. Cut the ridge gourd into round pieces & add the pieces,green chilli,turmeric powder,coriander powder,chill powder & salt to the dal & cook the dal till ridge gourd becomes soft.
3. Then,in a kadai heat the oil & put the cumin seeds & let them splutter.Add the chopped onion& fry till golden brown & add the chopped tomato cook for 6-7 mts.
4. Now,add the dal to the kadai & cook for 10 mts i medium heat.Kutu is ready.
5. Serve the kutu with rice,roti & puri.