How to make Ezukari Kootu -
Mixed vegetables cooked with dal and flavourful masala.
This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sirf 30 minute.
Main Ingredients : Mixed Vegetables (मिक्स्ड वेजिटेबल्ज़), Dried Red Chillies (सूखी लाल मिर्च )
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu
Course : Main Course Vegetarian
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Ezukari Kootu Recipe Card
The highly developed and sensitive palates of the Tamilians are well chronicled in the Sangam classics. They believe that food should ideally cater to all the six tastes - bitter, pungent, sweet, salty, sour and astringent.
Tamil Nadu has a wide variety of delicious food both for the vegetarians as well as the non-vegetarians, though most of it is made of grains, lentils, rice and vegetables. Spices are added to give a distinctive taste. Rice has been the staple diet of the Tamilians, an inculcated habit, due to the large-scale cultivation of the crop in the state.
Chettinad cuisine, a speciality in Tamil Nadu, is famous for its hot and spicy non-vegetarian food. A part of the Mudaliar community is non-vegetarians and its cuisine is delightfully spicy without being too hot. Wet masalas are generally used, the main ingredients being fresh coconut paste and ground ginger-garlic.
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Ezukari Kootu Recipe
Mixed Vegetables chopped 2 cups
Dried Red Chillies 2 tablespoons
Mustard seeds 1/4 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds (methi dana) 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves 6-8
Drumstick cut into 1 inch pieces 1
Tomato chopped 1 medium
Split pigeon pea (toor dal/arhar dal), boiled 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Tamarind paste 1 tablespoon
Green chilli 1
For masala
Oil 1 tablespoon
Split Bengal gram (chana dal) 1 tablespoon
Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal) 1 teaspoon
Coriander seeds 1 tablespoon
Dried red chillies 6-8
Peanuts 1 tablespoon
Asafoetida 1/4 teaspoon
Scraped coconut 2 tablespoons
Method
Step 1
Place mixed vegetables in an ovenproof dish and cook it in microwave for 2-3 minutes.
Step 2
For masala, heat oil in a small non-stick pan, add chana dal, urad dal and coriander seeds and sauté till the dals begins to change colour.
Step 3
Add red chillies, peanuts and asafoetida and roast till golden.
Step 4
Add coconut and saute for 2 minutes more.
Step 5
Remove the pan from heat, cool and grind to a paste with a little water.
Step 6
Heat oil in another non-stick pan, add mustard seeds and when they splutter, add fenugreek seeds and curry leaves and saute for ½ minute.
Step 7
Add drumstick and tomato and saute for 1 minute.
Step 8
Add 1 cup water and cook till the drumsticks are done. Add masala paste and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Step 9
Add tuvar dal, turmeric powder and salt and mix well.
Step 10
Add tamarind paste and green chilli and mix well.
Step 11
Simmer for 2-3 minutes and serve hot.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1010 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 141.2 gm
Protein : 37.1 gm
Fat : 33 gm
Other : Fiber- 30.6gm
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