Tamil Nadu

Pudalangai kootu

Name: Pudalangai kootu
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 1 medium deseeded and chopped snake gourd; 1/3 cup moong dal (split yellow mung beans); 1 2/3 cups water; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut; 3/4 tsp cumin seeds; 1 green chilli; 1 dried red chilli; 2 tsp coconut oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp urad dal (split black gram); 1 sprig curry leaves; a pinch asafoetida; Salt, to taste

Snake gourd and moong dal in a cumin coconut sauce. Gentle food that still tastes like something.

35 minTime

6 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayCoconut oil tadka and freshly ground coconut.

The original

157kcal

6 gprotein

5 gfibre

35minutes

Pudalangai kootu as Tamil homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Snake gourd1 medium, deseeded and chopped

Moong dal (split yellow mung beans)⅓ cup

Water1⅔ cups

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Fresh grated coconut½ cup

Cumin seeds¾ tsp

Green chilli1

Dried red chilli1

Coconut oil2 tsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Urad dal (split black gram)1 tsp

Curry leaves1 sprig

Asafoetidaa pinch

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Cook moong dal with turmeric and water until soft but holding shape.
2Grind coconut, cumin and green chilli to a smooth paste.
3Cook snake gourd with a little water and salt until just tender.
4Add the dal and coconut paste and simmer for 5 minutes.
5Temper mustard, urad dal, red chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida in coconut oil and pour over.

Serve it like this

Serve warm in a bowl beside rice and rasam, with the tadka on top.

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Pudalangai kootu

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Ingredients

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