Today is the final day in Journey through Tamil Cuisine in A-Z series in mega BM and the letter is Z.Usually I end up the mega marathon with a sweet note,as Z is one of the toughest letter to find a Tamil recipe I made a simple kootu with Zucchini.Since zucchini belongs to the squash family,I made the kootu the way we make soraikkai/squash.
As zucchini cooks very fast,it takes few minutes to cook.Here I used the cooked channa dhal,but any type of dhal can be used.
Kootu can be mixed along with rice as well as can be an accompaniment for a spicy and tangy kuzhambu varieties.I paired up with the ennai kathirikkai kuzhambu,lets move on to the recipe...........
Basic Information Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Serves 3
Ingredients
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Zucchini | 2 (chopped) |
Channa dhal/kadala paruppu | 3 tbs |
Turmeric powder/manjal podi | a pinch |
Salt | 3/4 tsp |
Oil | 1 tsp |
| Curry leaves/karivepillai | few leaves |
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Dried red chilly/varmilagai | 1 |
Green chilly/Pachamilagai | 1 |
Coconut(grated) | 2 tbs |
Cumin seeds/jeergam | 1 tsp |
For the tempering
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Mustard seeds/kadugu | 1/2 tsp |
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu | 1 tsp |
Asafoetida/perungayam | a pinch |
Dried red chilly/varamilagai | 1(broken) |
Method
- Cook the channa dhal in a pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles.It should not turn mushy but needs to cook until soft.Grind the given ingredients to a fine paste and keep it aside.
- Peel the skin if needed for the zucchini and chop it.Keep a pan on the stove and add the chopped zucchini and to this add 1/4 cup of water.Add the salt and turmeric powder to it.Cook it covered for 3 - 4 minutes or until 3/4th cooked.Now add the cooked channa dhal and mix it well.
- Add the ground paste and let it cook for 3 minutes or till the raw smell disappears.Do the tempering in a pan and add it to the kootu and mix it well.Put off the flame.
- Serve it with white rice and kuzhambu
- As zucchini cooks very fast it may turn mushy,so keep an eye while cooking.
- Instead green chilly,2 red chillies can be used in the coconut paste.
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