Poosanikai Kootu Recipe | White Pumpkin Kootu Recipe
Poosanikai kootu, a delicious thick stew made with white pumpkin, coconut-spice paste, cooked moong dal along with simple coconut oil based tempering. This Kootu is served as an accompaniment for any South Indian Main Courses like Sambar, Rasam or any Kuzhambu variety.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 210kcal
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 300 gms Ashgourd (White Pumpkin)
- ¼ cup Moong dal
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt As Needed
For Grinding
- 2 tablespoon Grated Coconut
- 3 Red Chili
- 2 teaspoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 2 teaspoon Coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon Oil
For Tempering
- 2 teaspoon Coconut Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 2 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
Cooking Dal
- Take moong dal in a vessel. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles or till dal is cooked nicely and mushy
Prepare Grinding Ingredients
- Heat oil in a pan. Add bengal gram, coriander seeds, red chili and fry till the dal turns light brown
- Take the fried ingredients to the mixer jar
- In the same pan, add grated coconut and fry the coconut till light brown. Also add curry leaves and pinch of asafoetida while frying
- Add the fried coconut also to the mixer jar.
Grinding Process
- Grind everything to a smooth paste
Tempering Process
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add split urad dal and fry till dal turns light brown. Add few curry leaves and mix
Cooking Pumpkin
- Add the chopped pumpkin to the pan along with a pinch of turmeric. Cover and cook till the pumpkin till soft
Finishing kootu
- Once the pumpkin is cooked, add the coooked dal, ground spice-mix, salt and stir well
- Bring it to boil and switch off the flame
Serving Time
- Delicious White Pumpkin kootu is now ready!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Cup | Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 1g