THIRUVATHIRAI KOOTU/THALAGAM
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4persons | 10minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15minutes |
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Ingredients
- 2cups VegetablesAsh Gourd, Pumpkin, Broad Beans , long Beans, Potato, peas, Chayote, Carrot, Peas and Raw Banana etc.
- A small Lemon Sized Ball tamarind
- To Taste salt
- 1/2cup Cooked Tur Dal
- A Few curry leaves
- A Few Coriander Powder
TO ROAST AND GRIND
- 3tsp Tur Dal
- 1tsp urad dal
- 3tsp Coriander Seeds
- 1/2tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- 1/4cup Grated Coconut
- 2number Green Chillies
- 2number red chillies
TO TEMPER
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1tsp Oil
- 1/2tsp asafoetida
- 1number Green Chilly
Instructions
- Clean and chop the vegetables and keep them ready.
- Add the veggies in a pressure cooker and cook for just two whistles. Alternatively you can cook them directly on a pan with water,and required salt but make sure you don’t overcook or mash them.
- Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Extract the tamarind juice and add it to the vegetables.
- In a pan add tur dal, urad dal, coriander seeds and fenugreek seeds and roast till fine aroma is emitted.
- In the same pan dry roast grated coconut, green and red chillies.
- Transfer both the roasted ingredients to a blender once cooled.
- Grind to a coarse powder.
- Transfer the cooked vegetables to a pan.
- Add the ground powder now.
- Add the cooked tur dal now.
- Mix well and temper it wth mustard seeds, oil , green chilly and asafoetida and garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
- Serve it hot with Kali.
Recipe Notes
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You can add a pinch of turmeric powder while cooking the vegetables to have a good colour.
Add more number of green or red chillies as per your taste.
Some people garnish grated coconut on top. You can do it, if you want to.
