Menu du jour kootu varieties : 45 Recipes


  • Recipe Tamil Keerai Kootu Varieties
    Tamil Keerai Kootu Varieties
    Kootus are mild, thick curries built from boiled lentils and coconut. A thick kootu without boiled lentils starts resembling a poriyal and a kootu without coconut borders on becoming a dal curry. So cooking a kootu without coconut or lentils is[...]
  • Recipe Vellai Poosani Kootu | Ash Gourd Kootu
    Vellai Poosani Kootu | Ash Gourd Kootu
    My favorite comfort food that can be made when u are in need of a quick dish to go with rice.I used Moongdhal here and it tastes awesome with the ash gourd. I used: Ash gourd ,cut into small cubes-2 cups Moong dhal-1 cup Kootu Podi - 2[...]
  • Recipe Keerai Kootu /Amaranth Leaves Kootu
    Keerai Kootu /Amaranth Leaves Kootu
    Mulai Keerai ( Amaranth Leaves)Green leafy vegetables are rich source of many important nutrients like calcium, iron, beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin C and riboflavin. No doubt it occupies an important place in our daily diet. It helps[...]
  • Recipe Ericheri Kootu
    Ericheri Kootu (1 vote)
    Ingredients: Vazhaikkai - 1 no Senai kizhangu / Yams - 1 no Coconut - 1/2 cup, keep 1 tbsp of coconut separately for seasoning. Milagu - 1 tsp Rice - 1 tsp Salt - as required Curry leaves coconut oil - 1[...]
  • Recipe Cucumber Kootu
    Cucumber Kootu (1 vote)
    Ingredients: Cucumber ? 1 No Green Gram Dhal ? 1/4 cup Sambar powder ? 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder ? a pinch Salt ? ½ teaspoon or as per taste For seasoning: Oil ? 1 teaspoon Mustard ? ½ teaspoon Curry leaves ? few Sambar Onion - 2 Nos[...]
  • Recipe Kootu Podi
    Kootu Podi
    There are many recipes in my draft are crying out to catch my attention.Most of them very basic recipes like masalas and 'how-to' stuff.I always thought people do know these,so why post them. But dear Jaya thinks otherwise.In fact she is going to[...]
  • Recipe Beans Kootu
    Beans Kootu
    BEANS KOOTU Beans which is cut and cooked with dal. Adding few masala and serving hot Cuisine : Indian Preparation time : 10 mins Cooking time : 20 mins Course : Side Dish Main Ingredients : Beans and[...]
  • Recipe SIMPLE KOOTU
    SIMPLE KOOTU
    I do this kootu when I feel bored to cook something and tired. The work is simple, without affecting the vegetable intake. Just mix it with hot rice and a drop of ghee. Fresh, green vegetables are preferred. I used, avarakkai, beans, and some[...]
  • Recipe CABBAGE KOOTU
    CABBAGE KOOTU
    No South Indian meal is completed without Kootu, Rasam or Sambar. So this kind of Kootu with Rice, Sambar(Pulusu), Rasam(Chaaru) and Poriyal(Koora) is so comforting and considered as full meal. As we get Protein, Carbohydrates, Vitamins from[...]
  • Recipe Porichha Kootu
    Porichha Kootu
    This post is in my drafts for the past 2 years!My favorite kootu that never got noticed till now.Poriccha kootu is made with dal and veggies,similar to the other kootu varieties but unlike the normal kootu ,it does not need the roasted and ground[...]