Kootu is a traditional & common dish in South India enjoyed as a side dish for rice meal or mixed with rice & relished. Kootu is the tasty & healthy way of consuming veggies and is quite easy to make. Kootu / Carrot Kootu recipe explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Carrot Kootu Recipe is from amma, I love carrot kootu even when I was reluctant in touching veggies.Now mittu takes after me, she loves to have this with rice and ghee.Today I made this carrot kootu after such a long time so thought to blog it as well, I also planned a lunchbox menu with this for this weekend post. You can feed this kootu even for babies who are starting solid foods, just skip coconut part and proceed.
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Kootu | Carrot Kootu
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups carrot finely chopped
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon moong dal
- 2 tablespoon toor dal
- 1 small sized big onion chopped finely
- a generous pinch turmeric powder
- salt to taste
TO GRIND TOGETHER:
- 2 tablespoon coconut grated
- 1 teaspoon jeera
TO TEMPER:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- a generous pinch hing
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chillies chopped roughly
Instructions
- Dry roast moong dal till golden brown.
- Pressure cook both the dals with 1 cup of water, salt and turmeric powder, Cook until mushy and soft.
- Mash it well with a ladle and set aside.
- Grind together coconut and jeera with little water to a fine paste.
- Chop carrots finely and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves.
- Let it splutter, then add onion and hing saute till onion turns transparent.
- Then add required salt and chopped carrot.
- Saute for few mins until raw smell leaves.
- Then add cooked dal water alone and required water.
- Cook till carrot turns soft.
- By then the water would have been absorbed too now add dal and let it boil for 2mins.
- Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick. Switch off.
- Serve Carrot Kootu hot with rice!
Notes
- Add the coconut paste only after the veggie is cooked.
- The curry will thicken with time so switch it off accordingly.
- You can also replace toor dal with chana dal too. But adding a combination of dal gives nice flavour to the kootu.
How to make Carrot Kootu
- Dry roast moong dal till golden brown.Pressure cook both the dals with 1 cup of water,salt and turmeric powder, Cook until mushy and soft. Mash it well with a laddle and set aside.
- Grind together coconut and jeera with little water to a fine paste.Chop carrots finely and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves.Let it splutter, then add onion and hing saute till onion turns transparent.Then add required salt and chopped carrot.
- Saute for few mins until raw smell leaves.Then add cooked dal water alone and required water.
- Cook till carrot turns soft.By then the water would have been absorbed too now add dal and let it boil for 2mins.
- Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick.Switch off and serve with hot rice.
Serve hot with rice!
Expert Tips
- Add the coconut paste only after the veggie is cooked.
- The curry will thicken with time so switch it off accordingly.
- You can also replace toor dhal with chana dal too.But adding a combination of dal gives nice flavour to the kootu.
Nivedhanams Sowmya
Delicious and very homey kootu.. Nicely done..
Supriya Nair
Love the colour of the kootu. Looks very yummy n healthy too.
priya
Adding few crushed garlic with skin while tempering gives nice flavour try it once..
kowsalya prakash
its new to me! for sure will try it
valli sathappan
I tried this.. And it came out well! My kid is loving it.. Very tasty!! Thanks Sharmi ?