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White Pumpkin Kootu| Vellai Poosanikai kootu | Ash gourd Stew Recipe
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White Pumpkin Kootu| Vellai Poosanikai kootu | Ash gourd Stew Recipe

White Pumpkin Kootu is a stew made using Channa Dal and ground coconut. This is one of the simple kootu which goes very well with Vatha Kuzhambu or with any Rasam. I have made this without onion or garlic. Let's learn how to make this kootu with step by step and also using a recipe video
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Kootu Varieties, Stew (Kootu)
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 177kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker
  • Mixer Grinder

Ingredients

  • 250 grams Ash gourd (Kumbalanga / Poosanikkai) (white pumpkin)
  • ¼ cup Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
  • 1 teaspoon Salt (adjust to your taste)
  • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder

For Grinding

  • 1 tablespoon Raw Rice
  • ½ cup Grated Coconut
  • 1 nos Green Chili
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

For Tempering

  • 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 nos Red Chili
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves

Instructions

Preparation

  • Cook channa dal in pressure cooker till soft. (over three whistles)
  • Cut the pumpkin (ash gourd) pieces into medium bite size pieces and keep it in water
  • Soak the rice in water

Let's start the cooking

  • Take the chopped pumpkin in a heavy bottomed vessel. Add turmeric powder and enough water to cover the pumpkin.
  • Cook on medium flame till the pumpkin is soft
  • Grind the coconut gratings along with green chili, jeera and Rice to a paste.
  • Once it's soft add the cooked channa dal and the ground coconut masla (coconut, green chili, Jeera, Rice) and mix well
  • Add the Required salt. Cook till the raw smell is gone and simmer till required consistency is reached.

Tempering

  • Finally add few curry leaves and a tablespoon of coconut oil. Mix well and then turn off the heat.
  • In a separate pan, heat a teaspoon of coconut oil. Add mustard Seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add broken red chili and curry leaves and add this tempering to the Kootu

Video

Notes

  1. Do not over cook the pumpkin. It may turn out mushy. 
  2. The same kootu can be made using Chow-Chow, Pumpkin , Ridge gourd, Sanke gourd and Cucumber instead of white pumpkin. 
  3. You can replace the channa dal with moong dal. 
  4. This is no onion - no garlic recipe. But if you want it, then you can add the same. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 177kcal | Carbohydrates: 12.9g | Protein: 4.8g | Fat: 11.8g | Sodium: 11.5mg | Potassium: 301.5mg | Vitamin A: 78.5IU | Vitamin C: 2.2mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1.1mg