Poricha Kootu is a comfort south indian food where the steamed vegitables are cooked in coconut and lentil gravy. We don't add tamarind in Poricha Kootu / Poricha Kuzhambu. It's a traditional kootu variety which is served as an accompaniment to Sambar / Rasam rice.
Poricha Kootu is a vegetable stew made using steamed vegetables which are cooked in moong dal and coconut based gravy. Rich in flavour of mixed vegetables, coconut and dal mixture, it gives a wonderful taste. For Poricha Kootu, tamarind will not be added. We can add any vegetables of your choice to make Poricha Kootu. It’s a very good side dish for any Thugayal varieties or even with Sambar and Rasam
Cuisine: India, South Indian, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu
Equipments Needed
Pressure Cooker
Mixer Grinder
Prep Time: 10minutes
Cook Time: 20minutes
Total Time: 30minutes
Servings: 4people
Calories: 268kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Poricha Kootu is a comfort south indian food where the steamed vegitables are cooked in coconut and lentil gravy. We don't add tamarind in Poricha Kootu / Poricha Kuzhambu. It's a traditional kootu variety which is served as an accompaniment to Sambar / Rasam rice.
Clean and finely chop the vegetables and soak them in water to avoid decolorization of some of the vegetables.
Add the moong dal in a vessel with a pinch of turmeric powder and pressure cook the dal over 3 whistles. Once cooked mash the dal and keep it ready
Making of Coconut Masala
Heat oil in a pan and add the grinding ingredients - grated coconut, red chili, cumin seeds and pepper.
Fry all the ingredients till the coconut turns golden brown color. Add the fried ingredients to the mixer and grind it to a nice paste and keep it ready
Let's start making the Kootu
Heat the pan and add the chopped vegetables and turmeric powder. Add water to cook the vegetables. You can cover the pan to enable faster cooking.
Check intermittently to see the vegetables are cooked. When the vegetables are half cooked, add salt and allow it to cook completely.
Now add the smashed dal and mix well. Allow the vegetables and dal to boil in medium flame
Now add the ground paste and mix well. Adjust the salt it needed
Keep the flame in medium and cook the stew for 5 more minutes and switch off the flame
Tempering
Heat oil in another pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add urid dal and fry it till it turns golden brown color. Finally add chopped curry leaves and mix well.
Remove the seasoned ingredients from flame and add it to the cooked poricha kootu/stew
The delicious and yummy Mixed Vegetable Poricha Kootu is ready to serve. This goes well with any Thugayal/Rasam/Kuzhambu varieties
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Method with Step by Step pictures:
Clean and finely chop the vegetables and soak them in water to avoid decolorization of some of the vegetables.
Add the moong dal in a vessel with a pinch of turmeric powder and pressure cook the dal over 3 whistles. Once cooked mash the dal and keep it ready
Heat oil in a pan and add the grinding ingredients – grated coconut, red chili, cumin seeds and pepper. Fry all the ingredients till the coconut turns golden brown color. Add the fried ingredients to the mixer and grind it to a nice paste and keep it ready
Heat the pan and add the chopped vegetables and turmeric powder. Add water to cook the vegetables.
When the vegetables are half cooked, add salt and allow it to cook completely. Now add the smashed dal and mix well
Allow the vegetables and dal to boil in medium flame.
Now add the ground paste and mix well. Adjust the salt it needed
Keep the flame in medium and cook the stew for 5 more minutes and switch off the flame
Heat oil in another pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add urid dal and fry it till it turns golden brown color. Finally add chopped curry leaves and mix well. Remove the seasoned ingredients from flame and add it to the cooked poricha kootu/stew
The delicious and yummy Mixed Vegetable Poricha Kootu is ready to serve. This goes well with any Thugayal/Rasam/Kuzhambu varieties
very good kootu i liked it very much thanks for good dish
i liked the kootu very much thanks
i will try it for dinner… hoping it will go with chapathi
When u say moving deal…its the same one that we use to make pongal right?
Poricha koottu will go very well with Lemon pickle and Mahali kilangu oorugai. Of course plantain chips will be too good
feel like eating it taking from the picture.yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy.
Nice kootu. it looking so delicious. Thanks for sharing.
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Very tasty. Loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Ramya