Ingredients

• asparagus - 1 bunch
• moong dal - 1/2 cup
• dry red chillies - 2 to 3
• milk - 1/2 cup
• coconut - 1/2 cup
• jeera - 1 tsp
• oil - 1 tsp
• mustard - few
• curry leaves - few
• urad dal - 1 tsp
• cilantro - few
• salt as per taste

How to Make Asparagus palkootu

• Cut the asparagus into tiny pieces.
• Put the moong dal and the cut asparagus into a cooker with a little water. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
• Grind the coconut, chilly, jeera with a little water.
• Add the ground mixture to the cooked asparagus and also the milk.
• Let it boil for a few minutes and add salt.
• In a pan heat a little oil and add urad dal, mustard, curry leaves and asafoetida.
• Once the mustard splutters and the urad dal is brown, add it to the asparagus.
• Add finely chopped cilantro.