Pudalangai Kootu is a tasty side made by cooking snake gourd with dal, tempered spices, coconut and herbs. Pudalangai Kootu is a simple and quick recipe and at the same time very tasty too. How to make Pudalangai Kootu is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Pudalangai Kootu is one of the recipes that I wanted to post for a long time, somehow it gets missed every time I make it. Either I forget to click the stepwise or the weather is bad and finally few weeks back I managed to cook and click it as well, here is the recipe for you. Do try and enjoy!
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About Pudalangai Kootu
Pudalangai Kootu is a tasty curry made using snake gourd, lentils, spices and herbs. It is a side dish but can be used as a main dish for rice too. Rice with kootu and papad is my favorite combination so is mittu so I always make kootu varieties often.
Kootu can be made with many vegetables including carrot, chow chow, beans, keerai etc. It is healthy, wholesome and tasty too. Amma makes the best kootu and I love it with rice and curd rice too.
Pudalangai Kootu Ingredients
- Snake gourd – Snake gourd also called pudalangai in tamil. Choose fresh tender ones, clean rinse well and use it.
- Grinding – Coconut along with cumin seeds and green chili is grind to a paste.
- Tempering – A tempering is made using oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and hing.
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How to make Pudalangai Kootu Step by Step
1.First clean the veggie and chop into pieces. Then pressure cook dal along with salt, with enough water and turmeric powder until mushy. Mash it up with a ladle, set aside. Cook the veggie with enough water until soft then add little turmeric powder mix well.
2.Add cooked dal and let it boil for few mins. Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind to a fine paste.
3.When dal is nicely blended with the veggie with no raw smell, then add the coconut paste give a quick stir. Add required salt. Let it boil for 3-5 minutes until raw smell of coconut paste leaves. Add little water it starts thickening.
4.Heat oil in a pan add the items listed under ‘to temper’ and add this tempering to the kootu , give a quick mix and switch off.
Expert Tips
- You can even pressure cook snakegourd but be careful not to mush the veggie.
- Seasoning at the last stage gives a great flavour to the kootu.
Serving and Storage
You can serve this as accompaniment for rice. Kootu keeps well in fridge for 2 days.
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Pudalangai Kootu Recipe | Snake Gourd Kootu Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups pudalangai / snake gourd chopped
- 1/4 cup toor dal
- 1 pinch turmeric powder
- salt to taste
To Grind :
- 3 tablespoon coconut
- 1 teaspoon jeera
- 1 green chilli
To Temper:
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 pinch hing
Instructions
- First clean the veggie and chop into pieces. Check the ingredients list and click on pudalangai link to see how to cut and clean pudalangai post. Then pressure cook dal along with salt, with enough water and turmeric powder until mushy. Mash it up with a ladle, set aside. Cook the veggie with enough water until soft then add little turmeric powder mix well.
- Add cooked dal and let it boil for few mins. Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind to a fine paste.
- When dal is nicely blended with the veggie with no raw smell, then add the coconut paste give a quick stir. Add required salt. Let it boil for 3-5 minutes until raw smell of coconut paste leaves. Add little water it starts thickening.
- Heat oil in a pan add the items listed under ‘to temper’ and add this tempering to the kootu , give a quick mix and switch off.
Notes
- You can even pressure cook snake gourd but be careful not to mush the veggie.
- Seasoning at the last stage gives a great flavor to the kootu.
BAGIRATHI DEVI
Color is good healthy veg(kootu)
Sona S
Healthy and delicious kootu.
Deepthy Shriram
I just love your recipes…Keep going..All the best 🙂
Deepthy Shriram
I just love your recipes..Keep going n all the very best 🙂
vishva rajasekar
ya its superb kootu., my friend ram like very much…
Deepa Kaliraj
Very nice could u plz post recipe for peerkangai(ridge gourd)since I like this vegetable so much plz
Viji kannan
Hi sharmis.. Can I replace toor dal instead of Chana dal?
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can but usually we add toor dal for this kootu
Amsa Vivetha
Akka can I replace bottle gourd instead of snake gourd..?? Or should i go with different recipes,.. If so post me link for bottle gourd I could not find one..
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can use the same recipe itself
kalarani karthick
Tried it…came out yummy…:-)