Ingredients

• 1 cup - yellow pumpkin, potatoes, carrots, beans, peas (all cut into similar sized cubes)
• 1/2 cup - moong dal
• 4-5 - green chillies
• 10-12 - pepper corns
• 3 tbsp - coconut
• Curry leaves, a few
• 1 tbsp - oil
• 2 tsp - urad dal
• 2 tsp - mustard
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder, a pinch

How to Make Mixed vegetable kootu under 30 mins

• 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 veggies 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 veggies.
• 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.
• This kootu can be used as an accompaniment with sambhar/rasam or if made in a more watery consistency can be mixed with plain rice too.