Tharakari Kootu / Vegetable Kootu

Ingredients :

• Toor dal - 2 cups
• Curry leaves - few
• Red chillies( Byadige ) - 10-12
• Black pepper - 15
• Jeera - 1/4 tsp
• Urad dal - 3 tsp
• Channa dal - 3 tsp
• Coriender seeds - 3 tsp
• Fresh Grated coconut -1/4 cup
• Tamarind paste - 2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Vegetables :  

• Winter melon - 2 cups
• Sweet pumpkin - 1 cup
• Ridge gourd - 1 cup
• Carrot - 1 cup
• Suvarna gadde - 1 cup
• Beans - 1 cup
• Peanuts - 1 cup

Seasoning :  

•  Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard oil - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon

Method :  

•  Cook all the vegetables separately.
• Cook toor dal and ground nuts in a pressure cooker.
• Dry roast urad dal,channa dal,coriender seeds,jeera,pepper,red chillies.Grind it with grated coconut with some water into a paste.
• In a thick bottomed vessel , mix cooked vegetabbles toor dal,groundnuts,grinded paste,turmeric,curry leaves,tamarind pulp,rock salt as per taste. Bring it to boil.
• For seasoning , heat oil, add mustard seeds and asafoetida and add it to vegetable kootu.

Kootu is ready to eat with hot rice.