Koottu Curry | Yam and Raw Plantain Curry

This is a traditional Kerala dish which is served in any Sadhya (big feast). It is prepared with yam and Raw Plantain. A thick gravy dish which goes well with steamed rice. The stir fried coconut added to the last, gives a good taste to the entire dish.

As usual, i got this recipe from my mom-in-law. She makes it very tasty. We had this in our Onam Sadhya. Try it out and you will come to know, how it tastes..

Ingredients

1/3 cup Chana Dal

1 cup Water

1 Raw Plantain/Pachakkaya (medium sized)

1 cup Yam/Chena

Salt to taste

¼ tsp Turmeric powder

¼ tsp Red chilli powder

For Grinding

½ cup Coconut (freshly grated)

1 pinch Cumin seed/Jeera

4 Black Peppercorns

For Tempering

5 – 6 tbsp Coconut Oil

1 cup Coconut (freshly grated, for frying)

½ tsp Mustard seeds

3 – 4 Dry Red Chilli (broken)

10 – 20 Curry leaves

Method  

• Cut raw plantain and yam into 1 inch square sized pieces. Keep this aside.
• Wash chana dal and put it in a pressure cooker along with water. Let it cook till 4 whistles.
• When the pressure cooker cool down and all the pressure is gone, take off the lid. 
• Add chopped yam, raw plantain, turmeric powder, salt and red chilli powder. Mix well.
• Place the lid on the pressure cooker and cook again till 2 whistles.
• Let the cooker cool down till all the pressure is gone.
• In the meantime, grind coconut, black peppercorns and cumin seed along with little water into a fine paste. Keep this aside.
• Uncover the pressure cooker and cook again in medium heat till the gravy thickens.
• Now add the ground coconut mixture into it and mix well.
• Let it cook for about 3 minutes, till everything is combined properly.
• Once done, take off from heat and keep this aside.
• In a non stick fry pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds. When it crackles, add curry leaves and dry red chillies. 
• Later add the grated coconut. Stir fry till the coconut turns brown colour. 
• Put this mixture on to the Koottu Curry. Give a quick mix.
• Serve it with steamed rice.   

* I usually take the quantity of the ingredients as per my taste. So you can always adjust the spices as per your taste*


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