Carrot beans kootu

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, south india | Preparation&Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Sambar, curry,kulambhu | Take with : Pongal, Boiled Millets

Ingredients

• Carrot – 1 [cut into cubes]
• Potato– 1 [cut into cubes]
• Beans – 1 cup [chopped]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Green chilli – 1 [slit lengthwise]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Asafetida a pinch
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

For roasting & grinding ingredients

• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
• Coriander seeds – ½ tsp
• Peppercorns - 5
• Dry red chilli – 1 or 2
• Coconut – 3 tbsp [grated]
• Oil – 1 tbsp

Method

• Heat oil in a pan 1st roast Bengal gram & urad dal till light brown. Next roast cumin, coriander & peppercorns.
• Then roast dry red chilli & coconut. Then cut off heat.
• In a mixer jar add roasted ingredients & finely grind with ½ cup of water.
• Boil vegetables with turmeric, salt added water.
• Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, let it splutter then add curry leaves, asafetida & green chilli sauté.
• Add boiled vegetables, sauté then add ground paste & water mix well & let it boil.
• Then cut off heat & serve hot with pongal or thinai arisi.

Note

• Don’t pressure cook Vegetables because it loses nutrient values.

Carrot beans kootu curry