Kootu recipe | Potato carrot kootu for paal pongal | Arachuvitta kootu

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Idli, Dosa, Rice, Chapathi, paal pongal | Type : Kootu, arachuvitta kootu

Ingredients

• Carrot – ½ cup [boiled]
• Potato – ½ cup [boiled]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

For roasting and grinding

• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Coconut – 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Heat oil in a pan then roast ingredients. Then grind to smooth paste.

Method

• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds. Once it’s spluttered add curry leaves, asafetida, carrot and potato sauté gently.
• Add salt and turmeric powder mix well. Then add freshly ground paste mix well. Then add ½ cup water mix well.
• When boiling cut off heat & serve hot with pongal, paal pongal or upma

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