Description
Kootu is a semi thick lentil gravy cooked with vegetables, often had with rice or roti. Here is simple kootu preparation using cabbage.
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| ½ cup | Split green gram |
| 2 cup | Cabbage (shredded) |
| 1 no | Onion |
| 2 nos | Green chili (small) |
| 2 tbsp | Fresh grated coconut |
| ¼ tsp | Mustard |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 1 no | Dry red chili |
| 6 nos | Curry leaves |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida |
| ½ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 1 cup | Water |
| 1 tsp | Oil / ghee |
Instructions
Wash and soak split green gram for 15 minutes and pressure cook with chopped onions, cabbage, green chili and 1 cup water upto 1 whistle. Now heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard, cumin seeds, dry red chili and curry leaves. Sprinkle the asafoetida and add the cooked dal to this. Add grated coconut and salt. Simmer for 5 minutes or until the desired conisitency level is reached. Swtich off and serve hot with rice.
Notes
This recipe serve 3 to 4 people.
Thick kootu can be had as a side for Kara kuzhambu or Meen kuzhambu.
Watery kootu can be served as a side for chapati or with plain and ghee.
7 Comments
All time favourite for the past 10 years, you wouldn’t believe..this is the only way my family likes to have cabbage. Whenever we prepare fish kuzhambu this is the default kootu at home, and again let me stress on this…..10 years …. Thankyou so much, and keep going.
Hi Mullai,
NIce reccipe and came out well…
Thanks Amirtha, my fav too 🙂
Hi Mullai,
I generally make this with bengal gram…will try out your version soon.
Cheers,
Sudha
The first time i made kootu with cabbage…went well with rice and pappad…thanks.
This was very easy to prepare and came out very well. thanks, Mullai.
Mullai,
Simple, but very delicious kootu that can be ideal for Chappathi / Rice . With Less karam , kids will love it..
Thanks
Jaya