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Zucchini Kottu


Today is the final day in Journey through Tamil Cuisine in A-Z series in mega BM and the letter is Z.Usually I end up the mega marathon with a sweet note,as Z is one of the toughest letter to find a Tamil recipe I made a simple kootu with Zucchini.Since zucchini belongs to the squash family,I made the kootu the way we make soraikkai/squash.
As zucchini cooks very fast,it takes few minutes to cook.Here I used the cooked channa dhal,but any type of dhal can be used.
Kootu can be mixed along with rice as well as can be an accompaniment for a spicy and tangy kuzhambu varieties.I paired up with the ennai kathirikkai kuzhambu,lets move on to the recipe...........




                                                                      
                                                            
                                                                                 Zucchini Kootu

                                                                  
   Basic Information

   Preparation time 10 minutes
   Cooking time 20 minutes
   Serves 3


   
  Ingredients



  
Ingredient
Quantity
Zucchini
2 (chopped)
Channa dhal/kadala paruppu
3 tbs
Turmeric powder/manjal podi
a pinch
Salt
3/4 tsp
Oil
1 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai few leaves


   To grind to a fine paste

Ingredient
Quantity
Dried red chilly/varmilagai
1
Green chilly/Pachamilagai
1 
Coconut(grated)
2 tbs
Cumin seeds/jeergam
1 tsp

   For the tempering
  
Ingredient
Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu
1/2 tsp
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu
1 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam
a pinch
Dried red chilly/varamilagai
1(broken)


  Method

  • Cook the channa dhal in a pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles.It should not turn mushy but needs to cook until soft.Grind the given ingredients to a fine paste and keep it aside.
  • Peel the skin if needed for the zucchini and chop it.Keep a pan on the stove and add the chopped zucchini and to this add 1/4 cup of water.Add the salt and turmeric powder to it.Cook it covered for 3 - 4 minutes or until 3/4th cooked.Now add the cooked channa dhal and mix it well.
  • Add the ground paste and let it cook for 3 minutes or till the raw smell disappears.Do the tempering in a pan and add it to the kootu and mix it well.Put off the flame.
  • Serve it with white rice and kuzhambu





    • As zucchini cooks very fast it may turn mushy,so keep an eye while cooking.
    • Instead green chilly,2 red chillies can be used in the coconut paste.

    Enjoy............................








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