Ingredients

• 150 g- carrot
• 150 g- potato
• 100 g- peeled green peas
• 150 g- french beans
• 150 g- yellow pumpkin
• 150 g- flat beans
• 4 slit- green chilies 1/3 cup- tamarind juice
• 1/2 tsp- turmeric powder
• 1/2 cup - cooked toor dal
• 1 tbsp- jaggery powder
• few curry leaves
• salt to taste
• For Masala Powder: 12 - red chilies
• 1/3 cup - chana dal
• 1/3 cup- coriander seeds
• 1 cup- grated coconut
• roast all these without oil and powder
• For Seasoning:
• 2 tbsp- gingelly (sesame) oil
• 1 tsp- mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp- fenugreek

How to Make Mixed Vegetable Kootu

• Pressure cook all the vegetables with the moong dal, add a little salt and turmeric powder.
• Grind the coconut, green chillies and pepper corns to a smooth paste.
• Once the vegetables and dal are cooked, transfer to a kadai.
• Then add the ground paste and cook till the raw smell disappears.
• The kootu should have a semi-solid consistency, so add minimum water while cooking the vegetables.
• Heat oil in a small fry pan, add the curry leaves, mustard and urad dal.
• When the mustard splutters add this garnish to the kootu.