Potato And Bengal Gram Dal Kootu

Ingredients

• • Potatoes - 4
• • Bengal gram dal - ¼ cup
• • Tamarind - lime size
• • Salt - as required
• • Jaggery - as required
• • Oil - 2 ½ teaspoons

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Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

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Ingredients For Masala

• • Dhania - 2 teaspoons
• • Black gram dal - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 tablespoon
• • Red chillies - 7
• • Coconut (grated) - ¼ cup

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Method To Prepare Masala

• 1. Heat a teaspoon of oil, fry the masala ingredients till golden brown, remove from fire and grind with ¼ cup of fresh grated coconut. (Dry coconut also can be used)

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Method

• 1. Scrape the skin from potatoes and dice it into one inch cubes.
• 2. Wash the dal and keep the potatoes and dal with just enough water to cover in a vessel and pressure cook till first whistle comes.
• 3. Soak tamarind and extract a thick pulp from it.
• 4. Mix the ground paste, tamarind extract, salt and jaggery with boiled potato, dal mixture with enough water and boil in a medium flame, taking care to stir in between.
• 5. When the gravy becomes thick enough, pour the fried seasoning on top and garnish with curry leaves.
• 6. Mix well and serve with rice dosas.