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.
Servings2
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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