Receta Beetroot Kootu
Kootu is one of the healthiest dishes from South India and the best way to include veggies in your diet. For the second day of marathon it is Beetroot kootu, a mildly sweet and spicy coconutty stew. It is generally had as a side with some spicy rice mix like parupu podi sadam or vatha kuzhambu sadam.
Kootu means to add in tamil. Veggies are mixed with lentils and ground coconut paste to form a semi consistency stew and this can be made with almost all kinds of veggies. The main ones are white pumpkin, chayote, Snake gourd and avarakkai. The method and the preparation is the same. All you have to do is substitute with the veggies you like.
Beetroot Kootu
Beetroot stew with cumin and coconut spice paste and seasoned with coconut oil tempering.
Prep Time: 15 Mins | Cook Time: 15 Mins | Total Time: 30 Mins | Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1.5 to 2 Cups finely diced beetroot
- 2 Tbsp Tuvar dal
- 1/2 Tbsp Rice flour, mixed in a Tbsp of water
- For Grinding
- 1/4 Cup grated coconut
- 1-2 Red chillies, depending on spice level
- 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
- For Tempering
- 1 Tbsp Coconut oil
- 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Channa dal
- 1/2 tsp Urad dal
- Few curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
Instructions
Cook the beetroot until it is soft and tender. Pressure cooking is the best method. Add little water, salt and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Keep the dal also along with it in a separate dish.
Meanwhile grind the ingredients mentioned under "for grinding" into a smooth paste by adding little water.
Transfer the cooked beetroot to a Kadai or a saucepan. If there is excess water allow it to evaporate. If there is too much water it will be watery.
Then add the ground paste and cooked dal and rice flour paste. Bring it to a boil and turn off.
Heat a small pan and add coconut oil. Add the mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add the channa dal and once it starts to brown slightly, add the urad dal and curry leaves. Once the dal becomes golden brown turn off the flame and add the asafoetida.
Pour this over the beetroot kootu and mix well. Check for salt and adjust.
This post is for Blogging Marathon 41 under the theme "Pick one ingredient". My ingredient for this week is Beetroot. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 40 here.