Name: Kootanchoru / mixed vegetables and lentil rice recipe by Sowmya Sundar at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: Vegetables to cut :; potato -1; Carrot -2; Beans -12; Raw banana -1; Brinjal -6; Broad beans -8; Tender field beans - a handful; Greens - a handful; Other Ingredients:; Rice -1 cup; Toor dal -1/2 cup; Tamarind - 1 lemon size; Water -5 cups; Salt -as needed; Masala paste :; Small onion -10; Garlic -3; Red chillies -7; Grated coconut -1/4 cup; Temper :; Gingellly oil -2 table spoon; Mustard seeds -1 tea spoon; Urad dal -1 teaspoon; Curry leaves - little

ABOUT Kootanchoru / mixed vegetables and lentil rice RECIPE

This is a healthy traditional receipe of my hometown tirunelveli in south india .we make this next day of pongal festival and also take with us during travel .iam reminded of my childhood memories whenever i make this dish.

Ingredients Serving: 3

Vegetables to cut :
potato -1
Carrot -2
Beans -12
Raw banana -1
Brinjal -6
Broad beans -8
Tender field beans - a handful
Greens - a handful
Other Ingredients:
Rice -1 cup
Toor dal -1/2 cup
Tamarind - 1 lemon size
Water -5 cups
Salt -as needed
Masala paste :
Small onion -10
Garlic -3
Red chillies -7
Grated coconut -1/4 cup
Temper :
Gingellly oil -2 table spoon
Mustard seeds -1 tea spoon
Urad dal -1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - little

Instructions

Cut all the veggies and greens
In a cooker cook rice and toor dal with given quantity of water until soft and mashy.
Now grind the ingredients given under grinding with little water into fine paste
In a kadai add gingerlly oil and temper the given ingredients and add the vegetables .Saute for a minute or two and add tamarind extract and salt to it and boil .
When vegetables are cooked add the grounded masala paste to it and boil for few more minutes.
Then add the cooked rice and dhal mixture and stir it for sometime so that all the ingredients blend well .
Serve hot with papads.

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