Ingredients

• 1 - carrot
• 1 - potato
• 1 - chow chow
• 1 - capsicum
• Salt to taste|
• 100 gm - beans
• 1/4 cup - cucumber channa dal
• For Grinding:
• 3 tbsp - coconut
• 1 - red chilli
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• For Seasoning:
• 1 tsp - oil|
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• Curry leaves a few

How to Make All India Kootu

• Pressure cook channa dal and mash it well and keep it aside
• Soak 1 tsp of rice in water
• Finely chop all the vegetables and put it in a bowl
• Heat a heavy bottomed pan and cook the chopped vegetables with required water for the vegetables.
• To this add turmeric and salt and mix it well
• Grind the coconut, red chilli, cumin seeds and soaked rice to a fine paste
• When the vegetables are cooked, drain the excess water and add the ground paste and stir well
• Add the cooked channa dal and mix it well. Add required water to get the required consistency
• In a separate pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, add the curry leaves
• Add the seasoned ingredients to the boiling kootu and switch off the flame.
• Recipe courtesy: Subbu's Kitchen