Varutharaicha kuzhambu/veggie coconut gravy

Ingredients

Carrot - 1/4 cup
Beans - 1/4 cup
Potato - 1/4 cup
Broad beans - 1/4 cup
White pumpkin - 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asfoetida - a pinch
Tamarind extract
Urad dal - 1tsp
Dry red chillies - 3 or 4
Sambar powder - 2 tbps
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Grated jaggery - 1 tsp optional

Take a pressure pan and add the veggies, turmeric powder, salt, sambar powder and some water (don’t add more water). Cook up to 1 whistle. Let it cool. Make sure not to make it mushy .Take a kadai, add few drops of oil, and add urad dal, dry chillies, coconut pieces, coriander seeds, asfoetida. Fry until golden color. Grind it in the mixie with 1/4 cup water. Pour it into the vegetable mix. Add the grated Jaggery and mix well. Heat the coconut oil in a small pan and add the mustard seeds. When it splutters, add curry leaves. Pour it in the kootu. Garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve it hot with Rice/Roti/idli/dosa/puri/pongal.


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