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Peerkangai Kootu (Beerakaya Kootu)

Author: Pavani
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: tamil
Servings: 4 serving

Ingredients

  • 1 Potato - small
  • ½ cup Toor dal
  • 1 tbsp Tamarind paste
  • to taste Salt

For the masala paste:

  • 1 tbsp Urad dal
  • 12 Pepper corns
  • ¼ cup coconut Grated
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds

For tempering/ popu:

  • ½ tsp Urad dal
  • ½ tsp Cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds
  • 6 Curry leaves

Instructions

  • Heat 1tsp ghee in a pan, add the ingredients for making the paste and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Remove, cool and grind into a paste with little water.
  • Cook dal, chopeed ridge gourd and potato together in pressure cooker till done.
  • Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add urad dal, cumin & mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves, when the seeds splutter, add the dal mixture, tamarind pulp, salt and the ground paste.
  • Cook on medium low heat for 10 minutes. Serve with rice and papad.
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