Pumpkin Kootu | Parangikai Kootu | Yellow Pumpkin Kootu (Stew)
Pumpkin Kootu is a traditional stew made using yellow pumpkin, dal & ground coconut. This is very delicious and can be served as side dish for sambar or other kuzhambu varieties.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 173kcal
Equipment
- Mixer Grinder
- Pressure Cooker
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 250 gms Pumpkin (Yellow)
- ¼ cup Moong Dal
- 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt adjust to your taste
For Grinding
- 2 tablespoon Grated Coconut
- 1 nos Red Chili adjust based on your spice level
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
For Tempering
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel the skin of the pumpkin and chop the pumpkin into small pieces.
Cook the Dal and Pumpkin
- Cook moong dal along with pumpkin, salt and turmeric powder in pressure cooker over 2-3 whistles. Generally pumpkin get easily cooked on stove top itself. So we can verymuch cook the dal alone in pressure cooker and cook the vegetable in the stove-top. To save time i prefer to cook both moong dal and pumpkin together in pressure cooker.
Grind the Coconut
- Grind all the grinding ingredients (Grated coconut, Red Chili, Cumin Seeds) to a nice powder. Grind it without adding water (dry grinding)
Tempering
- Heat a pan. Add oil and when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add curry leaves and add cooked dal and pumpkin and mix well.
- Add the ground coconut powder to the cooked pumpkin and mix well. Allow the stew to boil for 5 minutes and remove from flame
Serving Time
- Serve this yummy Pumpkin kootu with any kuzhambu varieties or with plain rice
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 12.3g | Protein: 4.5g | Fat: 11.8g | Sodium: 114.1mg | Potassium: 117.7mg | Fiber: 4g | Calcium: 11.7mg | Iron: 12.3mg