Beans Carrot Puli Kootu Recipe
Beans Carrot Puli Kootu, a tamarind based thick kootu made with freshly ground spice paste concocted with cooked beans and carrot. This Beans Carrot Puli Kootu would be a perfect accompaniment for Rasam, Mor Kuzhambu and Thengai Aracha Kuzhambu. This can also be served with Chapati!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 175kcal
Equipment
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Beans Finely Chopped
- ½ Cup Carrot Finely Chopped
- ¼ Cup Toor Dal
- 1 teaspoon Salt Adjust As Needed
- 1 Gooseberry Size Tamarind or 1 tablespoon Tamarind Paste
- a Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
For Grinding
- 2 teaspoon Ghee
- 2 teaspoon Coriander seeds
- 2 teaspoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 2 teaspoon Urad Dal
- 2 Red Chili
- ¼ teaspoon Peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon Grated Coconut
- ¼ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
For Tempering
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
- 1 tablespoon Peanuts
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
Soaking Tamarind
- Soak tamarind in warm water and extract the juice. Set this tamarind juice aside
Cooking Dal
- Take the thurdal in a vessel and add water along with a pinch of turmeric. Pressure cook the dal allowing it for 3-4 whistles. Once the dal is cooked, mash it nicely and set this aside
Cooking Beans and Carrot
- In a sauce pan add the chopped beans and carrots. Add a cup of water along with turmeric powder and allow the veggies to cook completely. I have used steamer to steam cook the veggies instead of pan.
Preparing Grinding Ingredients
- Heat ghee in a pan. Add coriander seeds, channa dal, urad dal, red chillies, peppercorns and fry till the dal turns light brown
Grinding Process
- Take these ingredients in a mixer jar. Add cumin seeds and grated coconut to the mixer jar
- Grind everything to a smooth paste and set the paste aside
Cooking Tamarind
- Heat a pan. Add tamarind along with salt and pinch of asafoetida. Allow the tamarind extract to boil for 5 mins to get rid off the raw smell of tamarind. Then to the cooked tamarind, add cooked beans and carrot.
- Then add mashed dal along with ground coconut-spice paste and give a good mix. Bring it to boil and switch off the flame
Tempering Process
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add the split urad dal and peanuts fry for a minute. Finally add few curry leaves and switch off the flame
- Add this tempering to the Beans Carrot Puli Kootu and mix well.
Serving Time!
- Serve the delicious Beans Carrot Puli Kootu with Rasam, Mor Kuzhambu or Thengai Aracha Kuzhambu and enjoy this healthy kootu!
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Notes
- Instead of grinding fresh spice paste, we can also add sambar powder.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5Cup | Calories: 175kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g