Vishu Special – Olan and Koottu Curry
Ingredients:
- Cow peas ( vanpayar) – 100gms
- Winter melon(Kumbhalanga) – 200gms
- Green Chilly (slit lengthwise) – 2
- Coconut milk -1/4 cup
- Curry leaves
- Salt
Preparation:
- Soak cowpeas overnight .
- Peel and cut kumbhalanga into medium pieces.
- Pressure cook peas till soft.Add kumbhalanga pieces to it and cook till done.
- Then add coconut milk and boil on low flame for 2-3 mins
- Remove from heat.Add coconut oil to it.
- Garnish with curry leaves.
Malabar Koottu Curry
Ingredients:
- Black chick peas(kadala) – 100gms
- Raw plantain (medium) – 2
- Elephant Yam (chena) – 200gms
- Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
- Cumin seeds(jeerakam) – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp
- Green chilly -2
- Ginger (cut into small pieces) -1/2 inch piece
- Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Dry red chilly – 3
- Curry leaves 1 sprig
- Sugar – a pinch
- Urad dal -1/4tsp
- Coconut pieces (thinly sliced ) – 1tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Coconut oil
Preparation:
- Soak kadala over night.Next day pressure cook with little salt and keep aside.
- Grind grated coconut together with jeera,turmeric powder into a coarse paste.
- Peel yam,plantain and cut into medium slices
- Cook the veggies with green chilly,ginger, salt and water till soft.
- Add the cooked chick peas to it.
- Add the coconut paste to it and mix well.
- Turn off the stove.Add sugar to it and stir well.(or u can use jaggery for sweet taste)
- For tempering, heat oil in a pan.Splutter mustard seeds.Add urad dal,dry red chilly, curry leaves ,coconut pieces to it and fry till light brown in color and add this mix to the curry.
- Serve warm with rice.
Thanks a lot. I got a lot of recipes and have made most of the sadhya food, but had no idea how to make the kootu curry! thanks so much!
hi these recipes are new to me.. Happy Vishu
Happy Vishu to you and your family.
vishu aasamsakal 🙂 didn’t realize u were back in the kitchen.:) so lots of eating and cooking on now? will try ur kootu curry soon. my mom makes this with chickpeas.
Happy Vishu Prajusha! Nice recipes.
Praju, sadya adichupolichalle..We bought parcels.. 😀
The koottu curry looks awesome. Happy Vishu to u and loved ones .
This koottu curry sounds delicious – I’ve never used kadalai with yams and plantains.
a happy Vishu to you Prajusha…alittle late though…..gr8 curry and anew recipe to me:)
We make a koottu similar to this but do not use ginger. It is interesting to know the variations, all of them delicious!