Vegetable koottu – Vegetable and dal 

Ingredients

• Tuvar dal/sambar dal – 1 and 1/2 cup
• Long gourd/padavalanga – 2 cups (small cubes)
• Potato finely cubed – 1 cup
• Grated coconut – 1 and 1/2 cup
• Tomato chopped – 1/2 cup
• Ginger – 1tsp
• Garlic – 1 tbsp
• Green chillies – 1 sliced
• Turmeric – 1 tsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp

Seasoning

• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tbsp
• Kashmiri dry red chillies – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – 3 stalks
• Refined oil – 3 tbsp

Method

• Wash dal well. Pressure cook in two and one fourth cups of water for 2 whistles cool
• Add turmeric,red chilli powder,salt,tomato,potato,long gourd pressure cook cor 1 whistle let it cool
• Grind grated coconut,1/4 tsp cumin into a semi coarse paste
• Open cooled contents in in pressure cooker, add ground coconut paste.Stir well.
• In a hot work,heat oil,sputter mustard seeds,twist in the middle,tear and drop dry red chillies,curry leaves.
• Saute ginger,garlic,green chilli
• Over low flame,pour the vegetable mixture to the mustard seasoning
• Check salt
• Sprinkle curry leaves
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