Ingredients

• 250 g - potato
• 200 g - cabbage
• 100 g - carrots
• 100 g - cauliflower
• 50 g - green peas
• 25 g - groundnuts
• Pigeon pea - 2 cups
• 4 tbsp - whole coriander
• 8-9 red chillies
• 2 tsp - cumin
• 7-8 - pepper corns
• 1 small piece of cinnamon
• 1 tbsp - channa dal
• 2 tsps - urad dal
• 2 tbsps - coconut powder
• Tamarind - lemon size

How to Make Karnataka Style Kootu

• Pressure cook the cut vegetables with 2 cups of pigeon pea.
• Fry the masala on low heat, grind to a smooth paste and add this to the boiled vegetables and dal.
• Add tamarind, salt, chilli powder and turmeric and cook for a few minutes.
• Splutter mustard in a frying pan, add the cumin, hing, broken red chillies and add to the vegetable mix.