Parangikai kootu recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups Yellow pumpkin (chopped finely )
• 1/4 cup Moong dal (cooked)
• 1/4 cup Coconut (grated )
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric
• Salt
• 1 tsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard
• 1 Red chilli
• 1 tsp Urad dal
• 1 Curry leaves sprig

Instructions

1. 1

   Pressure cook moong dal if adding, meanwhile chop the yellow pumpkin.

2. 2

   In a vessel, add chopped yellow pumpkin and add water to immerse the yellow pumpkin (a little less than that, to be precise)

3. 3

   Add turmeric, salt to it and let it get cooked soft.

4. 4

   Grind coconut with cumin seeds.

5. 5

   Stir in the ground coconut, cooked dal and mix well.

6. 6

   Boil for 2 mins in medium flame.

7. 7

   Temper with the items given under "To temper" in order. Mix it with kootu.