Avial/Kootu

Avial  / Kootu by Roopa Padmanabhan

Ingredients

1. Any green vegetable( choose from kaddhu, petha, cabbage, taroi or sem ki phalli,)–250 gms
2. Cooked Moong Dal– 1 Cup.

Coconut Paste: Grind Together

1. Fresh coconut- 3 Tablespoons
2. Jeera- 1Teaspoon
3. Green Chillies-3.

For Tempering

1. Mustard and JeeraSseeds-1 Teaspoon
2. Karipattha -10 Leaves
3. Oil-I Tablespoon

 Method

Cook the vegetable with salt, add the cooked dal and the ground coconut paste.

Temper with jeera   and  mustard seeds and  karipattha .

Kootu should be semi solid.

Avial

If you use assorted vegetables like Carrot, kela, beans, yam, kaddhu or  drumstick  and

add the coconut paste , it is Avial . You can omit the dal  and add dahi.