Ingredients

• 1.5 cups - ridge gourd diced big
• 1.5 cups - cucumber diced big
• 1 cup - beans diced medium lengthwise
• 3/4 cup - potatoes diced medium
• 3/4 cup - carrots diced small
• 3 tsp - peanuts
• 1 cup - tur dal
• 1 tsp - tamarind paste
• 1/2 tsp - jaggery (optional)
• For masala:
• 4- red chilli
• 1 tsp-coriander seeds (dhania)
• 1/4 tsp- black pepper
• 1/2 tsp- urad dal
• 4 tsp-grated coconut

How to Make Special Vegetable Kootu

• Fry the masala ingredients, except coconut, till the raw smell goes.
• Then grind it to a paste with coconut and pinch of salt.
• Pressure cook all the vegetables including peanuts up to 3 whistles max or boil them in a closed pan with 2 tsp salt. Drain them and keep aside.
• Pressure cook the tuvar dal as well. You can do this along with vegetables by keeping both in different vessels.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil, add 1 tsp mustard seeds, pinch of turmeric and hing, add all vegetables and saute for 2 minutes.
• Then add tamarind paste, jaggery with 1/2 cup water and let it boil.
• Add the ground paste, then tuvar dal paste and let boil for 5 minutes.
• Add required salt and water to desired consistency.
• Serve hot with rice.