Description
Kootu is a semi solid curry made with lentil and vegetables. Poricha kootu is made with combination of Moong dal and vegetable of your choice flavoured with fresh grated coconut.
Ivy Gourd ~ English
Kovakkai ~ Tamil
Kundru ~ Hindi
Dondakaya ~ Telugu
Koval ~ Malayalam
Tondekayi ~ Kannada
Tindora ~ Gujarathi
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 10 nos | Kovakkai |
| ¼ cup | Split green gram |
| 1 no | Onion (chopped) |
| 2 clove | Garlic (crushed) |
| 1 tbsp | Tomato (diced) |
| 1 no | Green chili (slit open) |
| 2 tbsp | Fresh grated coconut |
| 1 no | Dry red chili |
| ¼ tsp | Mustard |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida |
| ¼ tsp | Turmeric powder |
| ¼ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 6 nos | Curry leaves |
| 1 tsp | Oil / ghee |
Instructions
Soak split green gram for 15 minutes, wash and drain. Wash the Kovakkai, trim the edges and cut them into small pieces and pressure cook with split green gram, onions, garlic, green chili, chopped tomatoes and turmeric adding about a cup of water. This steams up quickly, so just give one hiss and switch off. Now heat oil or ghee in pan and splutter mustard, cumin seeds, dry red chili, curry leaves and sprinkle asafoetida. Add the cooked lentil vegetable gravy, salt and fresh grated coconut. Simmer for few minutes or until it thickens and then serve. Good with rice topped with ghee or as a side for Kara Kuzhambu.
Notes
Roasting split green gram and then cooking gives good flavour but not really necessary.
When served as a side should cover 3 to 4 persons (approx).
Comments
10 responses to “Kovakkai Poricha Kootu”
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split green gram mean pacha payaru?
this receipe was really very nice and everyone in my house liked it and moreover it is very easy to make.thank u mullai.
Simple and hearty finish I guess. Thanks!!
hi mullai…..can we use chow chow for this recipe?
Malathy, chow chow would also work, peel the skin and remove the shell, cube them and follow the recipe.
This came out very well. thanks, Mullai 🙂
hi mullai
Mullai,
There is a typo in the ingredient list. 1 tbsp tomato nu iruku. should be 1 no ryt?
I am going to try this today. thanks.
Jeya
Jeya,
Its 1 tbsp of diced tomatoes and not one whole tomato. These are just added to give little sour taste and is being used as a substite for tamarind. Anyhow thanks for pointing out.