THIRUVATHIRAI KOOTU/THALAGAM
Servings Prep Time
4persons 10minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Servings Prep Time
4persons 10minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Ingredients
  • 2cups VegetablesAsh Gourd, Pumpkin, Broad Beans , long Beans, Potato, peas, Chayote, Carrot, Peas and Raw Banana etc.
  • A small Lemon Sized Ball tamarind
  • To Taste salt
  • 1/2cup Cooked Tur Dal
  • A Few curry leaves
  • A Few Coriander Powder
TO ROAST AND GRIND
  • 3tsp Tur Dal
  • 1tsp urad dal
  • 3tsp Coriander Seeds
  • 1/2tsp Fenugreek Seeds
  • 1/4cup Grated Coconut
  • 2number Green Chillies
  • 2number red chillies
TO TEMPER
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1tsp Oil
  • 1/2tsp asafoetida
  • 1number Green Chilly
Instructions
  1. Clean and chop the vegetables and keep them ready.
  2. Add the veggies in a pressure cooker and cook for just two whistles. Alternatively you can cook them directly on a pan with water,and required salt but make sure you don’t overcook or mash them.
  3. Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes.
  4. Extract the tamarind juice and add it to the vegetables.
  5. In a pan add tur dal, urad dal, coriander seeds and fenugreek seeds and roast till fine aroma is emitted.
  6. In the same pan dry roast grated coconut, green and red chillies.
  7. Transfer both the roasted ingredients to a blender once cooled.
  8. Grind to a coarse powder.
  9. Transfer the cooked vegetables to a pan.
  10. Add the ground powder now.
  11. Add the cooked tur dal now.
  12. Mix well and temper it wth mustard seeds, oil , green chilly and asafoetida and garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
  13. Serve it hot with Kali.
Recipe Notes

[recipe]
You can add a pinch of turmeric powder while cooking the vegetables to have a good colour.
Add more number of green or red chillies as per your taste.
Some people garnish grated coconut on top. You can do it, if you want to.