Mixed Vegetable Milakootal

Ingredients list for Mixed Vegetable Milakootal

• 2 medium Potatoes
• 1 medium Yam
• 150 grams Yam
• 8-10 Onions (pearl)
• 1/4 cup Green peas
• 10 Curry leaves
• 4-5 Whole dry red chillies
• 1/2 Coconut,scraped
• 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon Split Bengal gram (chana dal)
• 1 1/2 cups Split pigeon pea (toor dal/arhar dal)
• to taste Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• 3 tablespoons Oil
• 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds

Method

1. Peel, wash and cut carrots, potatoes and yam into half inch sized cubes. Peel and wash pearl onions. Wash and drain green peas. Parboil in one cup of water. Drain. Clean and pat dry curry leaves.
2. Remove stems of whole red chillies. Wet grind scraped coconut, red chillies, cumin seeds and chana dal to a fine paste. Keep aside. Clean, wash and pressure-cook toovar dal with salt, turmeric and two cups of water.
3. Cool and blend in a liquidizer. Keep aside. Heat oil in a vessel and add curry leaves and mustard seeds. When the mustard starts to crackle add the coconut paste and fry for three to four minutes.
4. Add carrots, potatoes, yam, pearl onions and parboiled peas. Add some water if required. Cover and cook on low heat till the vegetables are tender.
5. Add the dal and mix well. Simmer on low heat for another five to ten minutes. Serve hot.

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