Pongal Recipes

Pongal Kootu Recipe

Name: Pongal Kootu
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 1 Sweet Potato / Cheeni Kizhangu (peeled and cubed); 1 Yam Ordinary / Karunai Kizhangu (peeled and cubed); 1 Raw Banana / Vazhakkai (peeled and cubed); 1 cup Snake Gourd / Pudalangai ( chopped); 1 cup White Pumpkin / Ash Gourd (peeled and cubed); 2 cups Pumpkin / Poosanikai ( peeled and cubed); 1 Potato (peeled and cubed); Salt (to taste); 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi; 1 cup Water; 1/2 cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu; 1 cup Fresh Coconut ( grated); 4-6 Dry Red Chillies; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam; 1 tbsp Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu; 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi; Water ( as needed); 1 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam; 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu; Curry leaves a handful

1 year ago

March 9, 2023

HF Team

Pongal Kootu

Recipe for Vegetable Kootu. This Kootu is mostly prepared on festival days, especially for Thiruvathirai and Pongal. This is also called as Pongal Kootu.

Course

Side Dish

Cuisine

South Indian

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

people

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Ingredients

1 Sweet Potato / Cheeni Kizhangu peeled and cubed
1 Yam Ordinary / Karunai Kizhangu peeled and cubed
1 Raw Banana / Vazhakkai peeled and cubed
1 cup Snake Gourd / Pudalangai chopped
1 cup White Pumpkin / Ash Gourd peeled and cubed
2 cups Pumpkin / Poosanikai peeled and cubed
1 Potato peeled and cubed
Salt to taste
1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
1 cup Water
1/2 cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu

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