Mixed vegetable kootu - Vegetable poricha kootu - Simple kootu recipe without coconut

Mixed vegetable kootu - Vegetable poricha kootu - Simple kootu recipe without coconut Kootu is one of the popular recipes in South Indian cuisine. We make different varieties of kootu with different veggies. Usually, for kootu we don't add tamarind. Also, most of the houses moong dal is used for making kootu. We use toor dal also for making poricha kootu. This mixed veg poricha kootu, that is how we call at home, is one the healthy and simple recipe, which my athai makes for us. During our childhood days, for all the summer vacation my athai's family used to visit us. It is a big family get-together time for us. All the siblings of my dad will be with us for 2 weeks. This classic poricha kootu is made in a big vessel and I still vividly remember that vessel too. Hot rice, Mixed veg kootu, poricha appalam (fried papad) used to a heavenly combo. We also pair this with some homemade cut mango pickle or avakkai pickle to enhance the taste. Preparation time: 20 mins Cooking time: 45 mins Serves: 4 Healthy mixed vegetable kootu without the addition of coconut Ingredients 2 cups mixed veggies* ½ cup toor dal 2 tsp sambar powder ½ tsp turmeric powder 2 pinches Asafoetida Salt as needed 1 tbsp coconut oil ½ tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp urad dal 3 red chilis Few curry leaves *I used beans, carrot, peas, drumstick, potato and chow chow(chayote) Full recipe - Jeyashris kitchen - Mixed veg kootu - https://www.jeyashriskitchen.com/mixed-vegetable-kootu-recipe/ Thakkali kootu - https://www.jeyashriskitchen.com/tomato-kootu-recipe-thakkali-kootu/ Cabbage poricha kootu - https://www.jeyashriskitchen.com/cabbage-poricha-kootu-recipe/