Ingredients

• 2 - small cucumbers or 1 large.
• 3 - medium potatoes or 1 large.
• 1.5 cups - Tur dal.
• 3/4 cup - desiccated coconut.
• 5 - green chilli.
• 1 spoon - channa dal.
• 1/2 spoon - urad dal.
• Khadi patta-few sprigs.
• 1/2 spoon - jeera.
• Salt to taste.

How to Make Simple Potato and Cucumber Kootu

• Peel and cut the cucumber, potato into medium pieces.
• Take wok and add the veggies with just enough water for it to cook.
• Add turmeric and channa dal.
• Allow it to cook well.
• In a mixer, grind coconut, urad dal, jeera and green chilli into fine paste like chutney and set aside.
• Pressure cook the tuvar dal.
• When the veggies are done, add tuvar dal, coconut paste and salt and mix well.
• Now keep in it on sim so that veggies and gravy mix well.
• When done, add seasoning of mustard and urad dal.
• Finally, put the curry patta, switch off flame and add it to kootu.
• Before serving pour little bit of coconut oil (optional).