Tanjavur style poricha koottu

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Today is the last day of this month's mega marathon and I am so happy. The reason being this is the first mega-marathon where I am completing my posts ahead in time. Though there was a bit of delays in between; yet my start and finish were perfect I believe. As the last recipe in this protein-rich marathon I am presenting a simple kootu recipe with a mix of toor dal and moong dal.

I learnt this recipe from the blogging world and have tried it 2-3 times now. I am presenting todays recipe with chow-chow as the vegetable but this kootu can be made with many other traditional vegetables like snake-gourd, bottle-gourd, ash-gourd etc.. This is a bit different from the molagootal recipe and I like this because of the spiciness from the pepper.

Ingredients:

chow chow- 1 cup (chopped into small cubes)

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

toor dhall - little less than 1/2 cup

Moong dhall - 2 or 3 tbsp (just fill the less than1/2 cup toor dhall with moong dhall)

For Grinding:

Chann dhall - 2 tsp

Urad dhall - 2 tsp

Black pepper - 1/2 tsp(according to taste)

Coconut - 2 tbsp(can also use more)

Cumin - 1/2 tsp

Red chillies - 1 or 2 (acc to taste)

For Seasoning:

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

urad dhall - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Red chillies - 1 (optional)

Method:

• Pressure cook toor dal, moong dal and chow chow adding the turmeric powder, upto one whistle. 
• In the mean time, fry the ingredients given for grinding to golden brown. 
• Let it cool and grind it into a fine paste. 
• Pre heat a pan, put the cooked dal + vegetable mixture, grounded coconut paste and salt and let it boil nicely. 
• Add water if necessary to get the required consistency. 
• Turn off the stove when you get the required consistency. 
• In a kadai heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, add urad dal, curry leaves and red chillies and fry it till it becomes golden brown 
• Pour it on top of poricha kootu. Garnish it with curry leaves. 

Enjoy this with rice or chapathi!!

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