🌿 Vegetarian South Indian Lunch

Kootu

Hearty South Indian vegetable and lentil stew cooked with freshly ground coconut and spices — a Tamil Nadu staple.

⏱Prep20 min
🍳Cook30 min
🕐Total50 min
👥Serves4
📊LevelMedium
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Method

  1. 1

    Cook vegetable until tender. Grind coconut with cumin and chillies. Add cooked dal and coconut paste to vegetables. Simmer 10 minutes. Temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves.

Tamil Nadu dal vegetables coconut

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