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South-Indian Bottle-Gourd Curry Sorraikai Kootu Lockdown recipe. I call it a lockdown recipe, as I have used coconut milk powder to substitute fresh coconut, that is traditionally used in this dish. I am so happy that I tried this coconut milk powder as a replacement because the end result is so similar to the authentic kootu that we prepare by.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have south indian bottle gourd curry sorraikai kootu lockdown recipe using 21 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make South Indian Bottle Gourd Curry Sorraikai Kootu Lockdown recipe:
- Take Boiled curry
- Make ready 2 cup chopped Bottle-Gourd
- Make ready 2 medium size potatoes chopped
- Take 1/2 cup green peas
- Get 1 tomato chopped
- Take 1/8 cup moong dal/ split dehusked green lentil
- Get 1/4 Turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon sambhar powder (optional)
- Make ready Ground masala
- Make ready 2-4 dry red chillies
- Make ready 1 1/2 tablespoons raw rice
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Take 1 teaspoon black pepper corns
- Get 3-4 tablespoons coconut milk powder
- Make ready Tempering
- Get 2 teaspoon Coconut oil
- Take 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Get 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Get Pinch hing/aesafoetida
- Take 2 teaspoons udad dal/ split dehusked black lentil
- Take 4-6 curry leaves
Kootu is a lentil based dish from South Indian cuisine which is most commonly made with veggies. To begin making the South Indian Style Sorakkai Kootu Recipe -Bottle Gourd Cooked with Lentils Recipe add moong dal and the chopped bottle gourd in a pressure cooker with little water. Once it is done, switch off the heat and release the pressure naturally. Sorakkai kootu / Bottle gourd kootu for rice is an easy to make, yummy South Indian style kootu recipe with coconut, moong dal.
Instructions to make South Indian Bottle Gourd Curry Sorraikai Kootu Lockdown recipe:
- Chop vegetables and keep ready.
- Prepare ground masala by soaking washed raw rice, cumin seeds and pepper corns in some water.
- After 15 minutes or so add broken red chillies and coconut milk powder, grind to a smooth paste.
- Wash and add moong dal in a pressure cooker.
- Add all veggies to the cooker with moong dal. Add water till all vegetables are covered.
- Add turmeric and sambar powder. Close the lid and take 3 whistles.
- Vegetable must be well cooked and mushy.
- Prepare tempering by heating coconut oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, aesafoetida, curry leaves and udad dal. Roast till udad dal changes colour slightly.
- Add boiled curry and ground masala.
- Add salt and let the mixture come to boil.
- Serve hot with parathas or Rasam rice, sambar rice or as a side dish.
We call it as sorakkai poricha kuzhambu too. I make it as side dish for vathakuzhambu. Long back, I had shared my MIL's sorakkai paal kootu and sorakkai sweet kootu recipes. delicious kootu!,As alwayslovely clicks raks!!, your clicks always rock dear, I never used to buy or cook bottle gourd, I don't know why, may be in our houses, they never used!, I too make dosas with bottle gourd (learnt from my sis), I now use a lot of this after coming here!!, just bought one today :), I too make kootu out of it, I make some andhra dishes out of this learnt from my friend!! Peel, deseed and chop the bottle gourd to a one-inch piece. In a pressure cooker add moong dal and roast it for a while till a nice aroma comes.
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