Raw Mango Paruppu Kootu

Posted on Apr 19th, 2014

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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We get Raw Mangoes during summer with which we can do many different recipes. Raw Mango Paruppu Kootu, a delicious stew using raw mango. This is served with rice. We can mix this stew with rice or we can serve as a sidedish for any kuzhambu varieties.

Raw Mango Paruppu Kootu

Preparation time	10 mins
Cooking Time	20 mins
Servings	3-4

Raw Mango Paruppu Kootu

Ingredients:

Raw Mango	1 big Size
Moong Dal	1/4 Cup*
Channa Dal	1 tablespoon
Turmeric Powder	1/4 teaspoon
Hing	1/4 teaspoon
Salt	To Taste

* 1 Cup Capacity = 250ml

Oil	1 teaspoon
Mustard Seeds	1 teaspoon
Cumin Seeds	1/2 teaspoon
Green Chilli	1
Red Chilli	1
Curry Leaves	few

Method:

Pressure cook the moong dal and channa dal in cooker. Wash and peel the skin of raw mango and chop it roughly into slices. Fresh raw mangoes cook very easily and also for stew we don’t need to chop them finely.

Take the sliced raw mangoes in a sauce pan and add water to cook them. Generally fresh mangoes cook very quickly and gets mashed up nicely within 3-4 minutes.

Add the cooked dal to the cooked mango. To this add turmeric powder, salt and hing.

Adjust the water level and bring it to boil. Meanwhile, in another pan add oil and when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds and when the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add cumin seeds, broken red chilli and green chilli followed by curry leaves and saute them all for 10 seconds. remove the seasoned ingredients from flame and add it to the cooked raw mango kootu and remove from flame