Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pudalangai kootu / snake-gourd in lentil stew. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pudalangai Kootu / Snake-Gourd in Lentil stew is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Pudalangai Kootu / Snake-Gourd in Lentil stew is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
I was so restless but did so Snake gourd is rich in fibre and helps prevent constipation. I love preparing kootu as it does not need much oil, except for seasoning. I am sure you will not regret.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have pudalangai kootu / snake-gourd in lentil stew using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pudalangai Kootu / Snake-Gourd in Lentil stew:
- Prepare 750 grams snake gourd Pudalangai /
- Prepare 1 cup moong dal green gram dal /
- Get to taste salt
- Take 3 1/2 cups water
- Prepare 5 - 6 curry leaves
- Prepare 1 handfull coconut scrapings
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin
- Take 1 tsp black peppercorns
- Prepare 1 chilly green
- Take 2 tsps Saathumadhu/Rasam Powder(See note)
- Get 2 tbsps rice flour
- Take 2 tbsps milk boiled
- Prepare 1 tsp Ghee
- Get 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Get 1 tsp urad dal white
- Take 1 pinch asafoetida
It makes a cooling effect within the body. Due to its high water compound, it is less in calories, fat-free but filling. Pudalangai kootu or Snake Gourd with lentils is a simple Tamil Brahmin preparation. An everyday simple dish that is eaten with rice and ghee.
Steps to make Pudalangai Kootu / Snake-Gourd in Lentil stew:
- Wash and chop the gourd and keep it in a vessel. To this add 1 cup of moong dal and add 3 cups of water to this or until the veggies and dal is submerged. Pressure cook this up to 4 whistles.
- Take a blender jar and all the ingredients mentioned under 'the paste' and grind it to a smooth paste adding little water.
- After the pressure releases, take the vessel out of the cooker, keep this on low heat. Add the paste and mix. Add 1/2 cup water, salt and add few curry leaves. Allow this to boil for 2 minutes, keep stirring this or else the bottom layer will burn and give a very smoky taste to the kootu.
- Take a tadka pan on medium heat add ghee, mustard seeds, asafoetida and urad dal. Saute this until aromatic and add it to the kootu.
- If the consistency of the kootu is too lean or runny, then in a small bowl add 2 tbsps of rice flour and 2 tbsps of milk and make it to a paste. Add this to the kootu. Allow it to boil for another minute and take it off the heat.
Once it splutters, add the udad dal, saute till golden and lastly throw in the curry leaves. Transfer the tempered oil to the gourd in coconut gravy. Snake gourd with lentils (podalangai kootu) is common in many Indian homes but different cooks have their preferred dhal to make this dish. Check the dhal to see if it is cooked by tasting the lentils to ensure they are soft and not raw. The split mung beans will be thoroughly cooked and will meld into.
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