This weekend vegetable poricha kootu was the highlight of my cuisine.
This is a simple yet spicy ,tasty and goes well with pudhina thuvaiyal.
Ingredients:-
snake gourd- 1 cup (chopped into small cubes)
snake gourd- 1 cup (chopped into small cubes)
drum stick - 1 (chopped in to medium sized pieces)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Moong dhall - 2 or 3 tbsp (just fill the less than1/2 cup toor dhall with moong dhall).
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Moong dhall - 2 or 3 tbsp (just fill the less than1/2 cup toor dhall with moong dhall).
For Grinding:-
Channa dhall - 2 tsp
Urad dhall - 2 tsp
Black pepper - 1/2 tsp(according to taste)
Coconut - 2 tbsp(can also use more but this is optional)
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 1 or 2 (acc to taste)
Channa dhall - 2 tsp
Urad dhall - 2 tsp
Black pepper - 1/2 tsp(according to taste)
Coconut - 2 tbsp(can also use more but this is optional)
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 1 or 2 (acc to taste)
Dhania - 1 tsp.
For Seasoning:-
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Asafoetida powder - a pinch
Red chillies - 1 (optional).
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Asafoetida powder - a pinch
Red chillies - 1 (optional).
Preparation:-
Pressure cook snake gourd with moong dal with a pinch of turmeric powder.Fry the Channa dhall,urad dhall,cumin,red chillies,dhania in one table spoon of oil and grind them in to a paste adding a little amount of water.
Add oil to a pre heated pan splutter mustard seeds,urud dall,curry leaves,asafoetida powder and red chillies.Add the choppped drum stick pieces in the pan and fry till it turns light brown.Take care to see that it is cooked well.Once it gets fried add the grinded paste and cook for one minute.Then add the steamed snake-gourd and moong dhall.Add salt to this according to the taste and boil it for few minutes.Garnish the leaves with coriander leaves.The spicy porichu kootu is ready.This goes well with steamed rice and pudhina chutney.
