Chow Chow Poricha Kootu

Ingredients

• • Chow-chow pieces (diced) - 2 cups
• • Bengal gram dal - ½ cup
• • Salt - as required
• • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

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Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Oil - 2 teaspoons
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon

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Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Red chillies - 6
• • Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Black gram dal/Urads - 1 teaspoon

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Method

• 1. Fry the "For Grinding together" spices in little oil and grind with ¼ cup grated fresh coconut.
• 2. Scrape outer skin and dice the vegetable into 1 inch cubes.
• 3. Cook it along with bengal gram dal in just enough water till dal becomes just soft to touch.
• 4. Add ground paste, salt and cook till thick.
• 5. Heat oil, add seasonings and mix with kootu.
• 6. Garnish with curry leaves.

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Note - Other Suggested Vegetables

• • White pumpkin, snake gourd, radish, vegetable marrow etc.

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Method To Make Milagu Kootu

• 1. Use radish, drumstick, snake gourd, broad beans or greens to make this type of kootu.
• 2. Use either green gram dal or bengal gram dal.
• 3. While grinding, add one or two red chillies and 1 Teaspoon of pepper along with coconut.
• 4. Season mustard and urad dal in gingelly oil.