Kootu curry kerala style | koottu curry onam sadya special | Onam Vishu special sadhya recipes
Kootu curry kerala style | koottu curry onam sadya special – It is made in many different ways and the kerala sadhya is felt incomplete without a kootu curry in it. It is made with black chickpea/kala channa or with kadala parippu(Bengal gram). This recipe of kootu curry is made with chenna (Yam) and black chickpeas. koottukari / koottu curry is one of the prime dish of onam sadhya recipes. Check out Kootu curry with kadala parippu recipe.< updating this very old post (2015) with latest video and photos >
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Kootu curry recipe:
Boil black chick peas and yam separately to 3/4th with salt and keep it ready. it has to be intact in shape but mashable.
- soak the chickpeas overnight and pressure cook it with just enough water that it gets immersed to 3-4 whistles.
- cook chopped yam with turmeric and salt and just enough water to 2 whistles. open after pressure settles and check if it gets easily mashed but stays in shape. discard the water as it causes itching to many.
Do not cook it fully because we need to mix both and cook again. Yam will get mashed if cooked fully.
Cook chopped raw banana with salt, turmeric and just enough water in a vessel for 5- 10 minutes. I have used the water used for cooking chickpeas to cook the raw banana.
Cook chopped raw banana with salt, turmeric and just enough water in a vessel for 5- 10 minutes. I have used the water used for cooking chickpeas to cook the raw banana.
once it gets cooked and all water is drained, Add both(cooked chickpeas and yam) together and add turmeric powder,chilli powder, salt and ground coconut mix well. some recipes grind coconut and cumin together, but we just simply add coconut paste.
mix well and switch off.
For tempering:we need the below items for the tempering which is very important in this dish
Heat coconut oil , splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves and red chilli to it. Now add remaining coconut and fry till its reddish in color .
fry in simmer until it is reddish in color.
Before its completely reddish, add pepper powder and fry it. Make sure not to burn it.
add the tempering to the curry.
optionally, add jaggery powder. you can also add it initially itself. the heat in the curry itself is enough for the jaggery to get melted.
lastly, pour few drops of coconut oil over the curry.
mix well and serve in sadhya the perfect and tasty kootu curry.
Kootu curry recipe
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup black chick peas soaked overnight
- 1/2 cup Yam chopped
- 1/2 cup raw banana chopped
- 1/4 cup coconut paste
- 3/4 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tsp jaggery powder
tempering
- 3 tbsp Coconut oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 no Red chilli
- 2 spring Curry leaves
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- 3/4-1 tbsp Pepper powder
Instructions
- Boil black chick peas and yam seperately to 3/4th with salt and keep it ready. Do not cook it fully because we need to mix both and cook again. Yam will get mashed if cooked fully.
- Add both together and add turmeric powder and chilli powder, mix well.
- Grind half of the coconut grated with cumin seeds to a paste.
- Add the paste to the curry. Give it a boil and switch it off.
- Heat coconut oil in another pan , splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves and red chilli to it. Now add remaining coconut and fry till its reddish in color . Before its completely reddish, add pepper powder and fry it.
- Add the tempering to the curry along with jaggery powder and few drops of coconut oil. mix well and serve!
