Ash Gourd Kootu Recipe | White Pumpkin Kootu with Milk | Kootu Recipes
Ash gourd kootu - South Indian Tamilnadu style Kootu with Ash Gourd/white pumpkin,channa dal and milk.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Kootu
Cuisine: South Indian
Calories:
Author: Kalyani
- Ash gourd - 1.5 cups chopped
- Channa dal - 1 tbsp
- Boiled Milk - ¼ cup
- Sugar - 1 tsp optional
- Salt - as required
To Grind
- Coconut grated - ¼ cup
- Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
- Small onions - 4
- Raw rice - ½ tsp
- Green chillies - 1
To Temper
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Preparation
Peel the skin off from ash gourd and chop them to small cubes. Keep aside.
Grind coconut, green chillies,cumin seeds, raw rice and small onions with little water to a fine paste and keep it ready.
Method
Take the chopped ash gourd pieces and channa dal in a vessel and add a cup of water to it. Boil it until the ash gourd is completely cooked.
Now add the coconut paste to the cooked ash gourd and mix it slowly. Start boiling the kootu in low medium flame for 5 minutes or until the kootu consistency is reached. Then add milk along with sugar (if using) and boil it for two more minutes. Don't boil the kootu for more time after milk is added.
Heat a tadka pan and add the items to temper. Let the mustard seeds cracks and urad dal turns brown, then add curry leaves. Fry for a minute. Add the tempered items to the kootu and mix it well.
Serving: 2g