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🍛Vegetable Kootu with Rice

Name: Vegetable Kootu with Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Indian (South Indian)
Ingredients: 0.25 cup moong dal; 0.5 cup rice; 1 cup bottle gourd; 3 tbsp grated coconut; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 piece green chili; 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tbsp coconut oil

Authentic south indian indian dinner you can cook at home in about 35 minutes. 9 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

35 min

Serves

Per serving

480 kcal

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients (1 servings)

0.25 cupmoong dal
0.5 cuprice
1 cupbottle gourd
3 tbspgrated coconut
1 tspcumin seeds
2 piecegreen chili
1 sprigcurry leaves
1 tspmustard seeds
1 tbspcoconut oil

Instructions

1
Pressure cook moong dal with chopped bottle gourd until soft.
2
Grind coconut, cumin, and green chili to a paste; add to dal with salt; simmer 5 min.
3
Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves in coconut oil; finish kootu.
4
Serve over steamed rice with a drizzle of ghee.

Nutrition per serving

480

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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