KOTHAVARANGAI KOOTU RECIPE | CLUSTER BEANS KOOTU

23.39 | Label: Gravy, Rice Accompaniment, Traditional Recipe

Kothavarangai | Cluster beans , the veggie i am buying and tasting for the first time. Yes, i have never seen my mom cooking this veggie and even at my in laws place they won't cook this vegetable. When i went for vegetable shopping with my friend , she was telling that she will make kootu out of cluster beans. When she explained the method i too picked up some cluster beans and made this kootu. It turned out very nice . Try out this simple kootu. It doesn't involve any pressure cooking of dal as we do for other kootu varieties.

Ingredients

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20Mins |   Serves : 3

    Cluster Beans |Kothavarangai - 200 gms
    Moong Dal - 1 and 1/2 tblsp
    Black whole pepper - 7-8
    Red chilli -1-2
    Coconut (scrapped) - 2 tblsp
    Salt - as needed
    Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
    Oil - 1 tsp
    Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
    Curry Leaves -Few
    Asafoetida 2 pinches

Method:

Wash the kothavarangai and chop them .
In a pan add the chopped vegetable and add little water. Add turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt.
Cook this till the vegetables becomes soft. Cluster beans will get cooked in 10-12 minutes.
Meanwhile roast the moong dal, black pepper and red chilli in a dry pan till the dalgives out a nice aroma and changes into golden brown colour.
When cool, grind this into a fine paste along with coconut.
Add the ground paste to the cooked veggie.

Mix well and add little water to this to get a kootu consistency. The kootu will get thicken when it is cool as we have added moong dal in the ground paste.
So even if it is little watery it is ok.
Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves on the top.