Cabbage Kootu Recipe | Muttakos Kootu | Kootu Recipes
South Indian Tamilnadu style cabbage Kootu with moong dal and channa dal.
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Ingredients
- Cabbage chopped - 2 cups
- Moong dal - 2 tbsp
- Channa dal - 2 tbsp
- Sambar Powder - 1 tsp
- Water - 1 cup
- Salt - as required
To Grind
- Coconut grated - ¼ cup
- Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
- Fried gram dal/pottu kadalai- ½ tsp
- Green chillies - 1
To Temper
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Red chilli - 1
Instructions
Preparation
- Chop cabbage roughly and set aside.
- Grind coconut, green chillies,cumin seeds and fried gram dal with little water to a fine paste and keep it ready.
Method
- Take the chopped cabbage, channa dal, moong dal, sambar powder and salt in a small pressure cooker and add a cup of water to it. Pressure cook it for three whistles and open the cooker once the pressure released.
- Now add the coconut paste to the pressure cooked cabbage and mix it slowly. Start boiling the kootu in low medium flame for 5 minutes or until the kootu consistency is reached. Switch off the flame once done. Don't boil the kootu for more time after coconut paste 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 and red chillies. Fry for a minute. Add the tempered items to the kootu and mix it well.
Nutrition
Serving: 4g