Koottu

For the 2004 Indian film, see Koottu (film).
Koottu
Type Stew
Place of origin India
Main ingredients Vegetable, lentils
Cookbook: Koottu  Media: Koottu

Kootu (Tamil:கூட்டு) is a Tamil word means 'add' i.e. vegetable added with lentils which form the dish, made of vegetable and lentils and are semi-solid in consistency, i.e., less aqueous than sambhar, but more so than dry curries. Virundhu Sappadu (Typical Tamil feast) comes with the combo of boiled rice ('Choru' in Tamil), sambar, rasam, curd, poriyal, kootu, appalam, pickle and banana. All kootus by default have some vegetables and lentils, but many variations of kootu exist:

Araichivita sambar: The chopped vegetables and the toor dhal are cooked separately. Then, the ground paste, cooked vegetable and dhal are heated together. Then add the ground paste of coconut, Bengal gram, dhaniya, red chilies, few pepper corns, (optionally, a piece of cinnamon) - roasted and ground; season mustard seeds and methi in oin, add the vegetables, including Madras onions, saute and then add water. Then add tamarind extract, and then the ground paste and boiled dal. Served with rice.

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