Zucchini or courgette is one vegetable that I picked up from the farmers market after much hesitation initially. Once I started using it in my cooking, it became a regular in the shopping list.One of the dishes that I make often is this kootu / gravy that has become a family favorite.I prepare this in the pressure cooker so it gets done quickly and there is just one vessel to wash up later.
I used:
Zucchini – 1,medium size,peeled and diced
Moong dal -1 cup
Toamto-1,chopped
Onion-1,peeled and chopped
Sambar powder-2 teaspoons
Mustard-1 teaspoon
Curry leaves – a few
Salt to taste
Oil- 2 teaspoons
Coriander leaves to garnish
- Heat oi l in a pressure cooker.
- Put in mustard and curry leaves.
- When the mustard crackles, put in onion and saute till light brown.
- Next in goes tomato and cook for a few minutes.
- Add 2 cups water and bring to boil.[Adjust the quantity of water based on the gravy consistency you prefer]
- Put in zucchini cubes, moong dal, sambarpowder, salt.Mix well.
- Pressure cook for 10-15 minutes or till the dal is soft.
- When the pressure releases,remove the gravy into a serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves.
This goes well with Chapathi and poori…
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super delicious gravy !!
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Zucchini go so well with dal. I make a similar curry too.
YUMMY YUMMY
Aarthi
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/
Dear Padmaja
How are you? Here after a long long time. I like this recipe. In Bong style we cook roasted or raw mung dal with vegetables like Louki etc. Here the spicing is different and i am going to try it. Actually after eating only Non-Vege food in Chinese and Algerian cafe,,I am tired. Must eat choicest food before I go to ALgeria again.
Happy New year
Delicious curry …
delicious looking curry
Subji sounds very nice..never made with this vegetable even though we get it now..
yummy dal gravy
lovely recipe
Looks Yum!!!
a good one!
Delicious and tempting curry…
Havent tried this combination, but looks good 🙂
Wat a super comforting and delicious gravy,would love with some fried papads.
Nice recipe.. Zucchini is always a hit or miss for me. I am afraid to cook this veggie.. I usually grill it.
a super recipe…like the addition of sambar pwd!
lovely ! and wholesome…
btw, Anusha is hosting my event on Zucchini if you wish to link this dish and other Zucchini/ Cucumber based dishes…
here's the URL : http://www.tomatoblues.com/2012/01/event-announcement-cooking-for-kids.html
thanks
Kalyani
Lovely gravy curry. Will taste fab with Roti or Dosai!
Kootu looks so inviting…
looks great.
thanks for linking it to my double event. MurariAnniversary-Giveaway-2012
Nice curry would love to have this with roties yumm.
Nice curry would love to have this with roties yumm.
This curry will be sooper with a bowl of hot rasam sadham
looks very inviting..yummm
Very comforting n yummy!! Congrats on the new arrival! Take care!