Mixed Vegetable Poricha Kootu

Mixed Vegetable Poricha Kootu is a yummy stew. Rich in flavour of mixed vegetables and a wonderful taste. Poricha kootu is a very good side dish for any Thugayal varieties or even with Sambar and Rasam

Preparation Time	10 mins
Cooking Time	30 mins
Servings	4

Ingredients :

Carrot	1
Potato	1
Beans	10
Peas	1/4 Cup
Cucumber	1
Salt	To Taste
Turmeric Powder	1/2 teaspoon
Moong dal	3 tablespoon

Ingredients for Grinding:

Oil	2 teaspoon
Red Chilli	1
Pepper Corns	1 teaspoon
Cumin Seeds	1/2 teaspoon
Grated Coconut	1 tablespoon

Ingredients for Seasoning:

Oil	2 teaspoon
Mustard seeds	1 teaspoon
Urid Dal	1 teaspoon
Curry Leaves	Few

Method:

Clean the vegetables and finely chop all the vegetables and keep it aside
Add the moong dal in a vessel and add turmeric powder and pressure cook the dal

Once cooked, smash the dal and keep it ready

Heat oil in a pan and add the grinding ingredients mentioned above.

Fry all the ingredients till the coconut turns golden brown color. Add the fried ingredients to the mixer and grind it to a nice paste and keep it ready

Heat the pan and add the chopped vegetables and turmeric powder. Add water to cook the vegetables

When the vegetables are half cooked, add salt and allow it to cook completely. Now add the smashed dal and mix well

Allow the vegetables and dal to boil in medium flame

Now add the ground paste and mix well. Adjust the salt it needed

Keep the flame in medium and cook the stew for 5 more minutes and switch off the flame

Heat oil in another pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add urid dal and fry it till it turns golden brown color. Finally add chopped curry leaves and mix well. Remove the seasoned ingredients from flame and add it to the cooked poricha kootu/stew