In my home town if there is any veg sadhya there will be kootu curry.It is made up of different kinds of vegetables,and according to the availability of vegetables we can change it.Fried coconut plays the seasoning role in kootucurry .And if kootu curry is preparing in our neighbour hood the frying smeel of coconut will enter in to our nose and it will start watering our mouth. it is a sweet one so every body will love it. Here goes the recipe.......Ingredients
Chickpeas (kadala,black chana) -1/2 cup
Raw plantain (cubed) - 1 cup / instead of this we can use white pumpkin
Yum - 1 cup
Coconut grated - 1 cup for grinding
coconut grated - 1/2 up for seasoning
Turmeric poowder -1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
coconut oil -2 or 3 tsp
Jaggery - 2 or 3 small pieces
Cumin seed -1/2 tsp
Mustard seed - 1/2 tsp
Urad daal (uzhunnu parippu) - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 2 no
Curry leaves- 1 pinch
Salt for taste.......
Preparation
1. To cooked black chana add the cubed raw plantain,Yam and again cook it.
2.To the cooked vegetables add turmeric powder,chilly powder,salt,and jaggery.
3.Grind the coconut with cumin seed and add this to the mixture when jaggery start melting.And mix it well and cook it for 5 mts.
4.In another pan heat the oil and splutter the mustard seed and the add uzhunnu parippu,curry leaves ,red chillies and coconut . Fry it till the coconut turns in to light brown colour.
5. Pour this to the cooked vegetables.....
