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| Poricha Kootu |
Ingredients:
Moong Dal - 1/2 cup
Sambar Onion ( peeled ) - 250 gm
Tomato - 1 chopped
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 1 or 2
For Grinding:
Coconut grated - 2 tbsp
Black Pepper - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Green Chilli - 1 medium
Method:
1. Cook Moong dhal partially by adding water, turmeric powder and salt.
2. Heat a pan with oil or ghee, add onion and fry till it becomes golden brown.
3. Add this fried onions to the cooked moong dhal , add chopped tomato and cook again for five min.
4. Grind Coconut, Black pepper, Cumin and Green chilli and add this paste to moong dhal mixture.
5. Heat pan with little ghee. Splutter mustard, add urad dhal, asafoetida, red chillies and curry leaves and fry till it becomes golden brown and pour it on top of Poricha Kootu.
6. Garnish with curry leaves. You can even taste this as a side dish for chapathi.
