Bought these baby pumpkins, since I liked its shape and colour ;)
But Kootu was also very tasty. Try this!
Ingredients:
Baby Pumpkin - 2
Mung bean (Green Gram/Pacha paruppu) - 1/2 cup
Lentils (Tur dal) - 2 tablespoons
Split chickpeas (Kadalai paruppu/Chana dal) - 2 tablespoons
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli - 2
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Black gram (Uzhundhu) - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few
Onion - 1 medium sized, chopped
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 tablespoon
Method:
Cut Baby pumpkin into small pieces. Peel off the skin and discard the seeds.
Wash mung bean, lentils, split chickpeas, add 2-3 cups of water, turmeric powder and cook they are 3/4th cooked.
Add cut pumpkin pieces and add until all are cooked well. Mash slightly and keep aside.
Grind coconut, cumin seeds with little water to a thick paste.
Heat oil in a pan. Once it is hot, allow mustard seeds to splitter. Add urad dal, red chillies, curry leaves and fry for a minute.
Then add chopped onions and fry until onions become golden color. Add cooked veggie and dal mixture, salt to it with coconut paste.
Mix it well and bring to a boil. Garnish with Coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice and pappad. Very tasty one ;)
Cooking time : 45 minutes
Serves 4 persons.
Check out Winter melon kootu, which I posted earlier, with minor change in the recipe.
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15 Comments:
Sounds interesting..New to me..will try sometime
baby pumpkin kootu looks really yummy .. shall try it sometime
I love all types of kootu and liked your variation of using green gram in it,normally I use mainly tur dal..will try it this way sometime too:)
mmm... ennaennama panni asathuringey vani!
looks delicious and tempting curry
kootu sounds delicious..love the cute baby pumpkins,...especially the yellow ones with orange stripes..
I love koottus.. baby pumpkin is something new.. looks delicious, Vani.. will give this a try soon..
My dad,broyher n hubby(everybody around me,except me) love pumpkin..As,I have aversion am nt buying it..shud make it a point and buy sometime and ur KOOTU :)
lovely kootu! cute pumpkins.
kootu looks gud...love the picture with aplam :)
I love this kootu recipe will try this as soon as I get the pumpkin from my backyard. Have tagged u Vani please check out my blog on 29th :-)
baby pumpkins lookc cute,..thnks ror sharin yummy recipe,..hpy weekend,..;-)
I am not fan of pumpkin but love kootu :) Looks yummy with the papad!
Missing you illatharasi.Still busy.We prepare the koottu the same way.Nice presentation
Vani, kootu has always been my favourite side dish with rasam! I love this thing - with pappadam it is just perfect:)
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