Molagootal Recipe | Mixed Vegetable Molagootal
Molagootal is a classic dish from Palakkad cuisine made using mixed vegetables, dal and coconut paste. This is one of the simple dish yet very tasty with good flavor from coconut and rich in vegetables.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 122.8kcal
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups Mixed Vegetables Vegetables of your choice - Carrot, White Pumpkin, Yellow Pumpkin, Raw Banana, Potato, Yam, Chayote, Green Peas, Drumstick
- ½ cup Toor Dal (Pigeon pea) 1 cup = 250 ml
- 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
- 1½ tsp Salt adjust to your taste
For Grinding
- 2 tsp Urad Dal
- ½ cup Grated Coconut
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 nos Red Chili
For Tempering
- 1 tsp Oil preferably coconut oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Split Urad Dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 nos Red Chili
Instructions
Preparation
- Wash the vegetables, peel the skin and cut them into small cubes.
Cooking vegetables and Dal
- Take dal in a vessel. Add a pinch of turmeric and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. The toor dal should be soft and mushy.
- Once the pressure is completely released from pressure cooker, take out the dal and mash it thoroughly with a back of a ladle. Set this mashed dal aside.
- In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, add the chopped mixed vegetables. Add a pinch of turmeric along with 1 cup of water. Cook the veggies till they are tender in a medium flame.
Grinding the coconut masala
- Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan. Add red chili, urad dal and fry till the urad dal becomes light brown color. Switch off the flame.
- Take the fried ingredients (red chili, urad dal), coconut, cumin seeds to the mixer grinder. Add 2-3tbsp of water and grind this mixture to a fine paste. Add more water if rquired. Keep this mixture aside.
Start cooking Molagootal
- Add the cooked dal to the vegetable mix.
- When the mixture starts to boil, finally add the ground coconut paste and mix well.
- Add salt to taste. Allow the mixture to boil and then simmer for 5 minutes.
Tempering
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add split urad dal and fry the dal till it turns light brown color. Then add few curry leaves and switch off the flame.
- Add this tempering to the Molagootal.
- The tasty Molagootal is ready to serve with rice.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 122.8kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.6g | Protein: 7.5g | Fat: 4.6g | Saturated Fat: 3.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 984mg | Potassium: 702mg | Fiber: 7.1g | Sugar: 1.1g