White Pumpkin (Thadiyankai) Kootu

This is a typical south indian recipe.. Usually I prepare white pumpkin with Mour kuzhambu which have already posted in my blog.. But this is a sidedish version of recipe with goes well with the side dish of tamarind based kuzhambu... It is very low in calories and it is used to treat for your obesity.. 

This kootu is best match with Pulli kuzhambu. Adding coconut to this kootu which gives a superb texture to the dish. So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

Serve - 3 to 4

Recipe category - Kootu Recipe

Recipe Cuisine - South Indian

INGREDIENTS :

White pumpkin / Thadiyankai - 1/2 kg (cutted into squares)

Channa dal / Bengal gram / Kadalai paruppu - 1 tspn

Rice flour - 1 tspn

Salt - as needed

Water - as needed

FOR MASALA :

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Green chilli - 2 nos

Garlic - 2 cloves

Shallots / Small onions - 6

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

FOR FRYING :

Coconut oil - 2 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Small onions - 2 (chopped)

Some curry leaves

METHOD :

• Soak the channa dal with water.
• In a pressure cooker add chopped pumpkin, soaked channa dal and some water 
• And close the pressure cooker and whistled it for 2, drained it and keep it aside.
• Grind the grinding items which i have mensioned in the list "FOR MASALA" into a paste...
• In a kadai add oil, mustard, urad dal, chopped onions, curry leaves and fried it over.
• And also add boiled pumpkin, grinded masala,masala water, and salt..
• Now mix it well, at last add rice flour and coconut to it and off the stove while keep mixing.
• Then the kootu is ready to serve.
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take all ingredients

Soak channa dal

In cooker add pumpkin

Soaked channa dal

Some water to that

Whistle it for 2

Drain it and keep aside

Grind these items

Along with onions

Into paste

In a kadai add oil, mustard, urad dal

Small onions,curry leaves

Then add boiled pumpkin

Grinded masala

Add water to the blender and add it to the kadai

Season with salt

Toss it well

When it's done add rice flour

Off the stove

Add coconut too

Mix it well

Ready to serve

Enjoy..