Kootu | Carrot Kootu

Kootu is a traditional & common dish in South India enjoyed as a side dish for rice meal or mixed with rice & relished. Kootu is the tasty & healthy way of consuming veggies and is quite easy to make. Kootu / Carrot Kootu recipe explained in this post with step by step pictures.

Carrot Kootu Recipe is from amma, I love carrot kootu even when I was reluctant in touching veggies.Now mittu takes after me, she loves to have this with rice and ghee.Today I made this carrot kootu after such a long time so thought to blog it as well, I also planned a lunchbox menu with this for this weekend post. You can feed this kootu even for babies who are starting solid foods, just skip coconut part and proceed.

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Kootu | Carrot Kootu

Kootu is a traditional & common dish in South India enjoyed as a side dish for rice meal or mixed with rice & relished. Kootu is the tasty & healthy way of consuming veggies and is quite easy to make. Kootu / Carrot Kootu recipe explained in this post with step by step pictures.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Servings2

AuthorSharmilee J

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Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 cups carrot finely chopped
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoon moong dal
• 2 tablespoon toor dal
• 1 small sized big onion chopped finely
• a generous pinch turmeric powder
• salt to taste

TO GRIND TOGETHER:

• 2 tablespoon coconut grated
• 1 teaspoon jeera

TO TEMPER:

• 1 teaspoon oil
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
• a generous pinch hing
• few curry leaves
• 1 green chillies chopped roughly

Instructions

• Dry roast moong dal till golden brown.
• Pressure cook both the dals with 1 cup of water, salt and turmeric powder, Cook until mushy and soft.
• Mash it well with a ladle and set aside.
• Grind together coconut and jeera with little water to a fine paste.
• Chop carrots finely and set aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Let it splutter, then add onion and hing saute till onion turns transparent.
• Then add required salt and chopped carrot.
• Saute for few mins until raw smell leaves.
• Then add cooked dal water alone and required water.
• Cook till carrot turns soft.
• By then the water would have been absorbed too now add dal and let it boil for 2mins.
• Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick. Switch off.
• Serve Carrot Kootu hot with rice!

Notes

• Add the coconut paste only after the veggie is cooked.
• The curry will thicken with time so switch it off accordingly.
• You can also replace toor dal with chana dal too. But adding a combination of dal gives nice flavour to the kootu.

Nutrition Facts

Kootu | Carrot Kootu

Amount Per Serving (75 g)

Calories 131 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Fat 5g8%

Saturated Fat 2g13%

Trans Fat 0.01g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 2g

Sodium 93mg4%

Potassium 129mg4%

Carbohydrates 19g6%

Fiber 5g21%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 99IU2%

Vitamin C 7mg8%

Calcium 36mg4%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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How to make Carrot Kootu

1. Dry roast moong dal till golden brown.Pressure cook both the dals with 1 cup of water,salt and turmeric powder, Cook until mushy and soft. Mash it well with a laddle and set aside.
   
2. Grind together coconut and jeera with little water to a fine paste.Chop carrots finely and set aside.
   
3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves.Let it splutter, then add onion and hing saute till onion turns transparent.Then add required salt and chopped carrot.
   
4. Saute for few mins until raw smell leaves.Then add cooked dal water alone and required water.
   
5. Cook till carrot turns soft.By then the water would have been absorbed too now add dal and let it boil for 2mins.
   
6. Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick.Switch off and serve with hot rice.
   

Serve hot with rice!

Expert Tips

• Add the coconut paste only after the veggie is cooked.
• The curry will thicken with time so switch it off accordingly.
• You can also replace toor dhal with chana dal too.But adding a combination of dal gives nice flavour to the kootu.