SANKARANTHI KOOTU

Sankaranthi kootu is a yummy side dish made with healthy seasonal country vegetables. It is a great side dish for venn pongal. It is also one of the main dishes during pongal festival.

INGREDIENTS:

• Mixed vegetables - 3 cups (Pooshani, avarai, kathiri, Senai, Saembu, vazhai) 
• Field bean shelled (Mochai) - 1/2 cup 
• Cooked toor dhal - 1/2 cup 
• Tamarind - half the lemon size 
• Sambar powder - 1 tsp. 
• Green chillies - 2
• Red chillies - 1 
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp. 
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp. 
• Urad dhal - 1 tsp. 
• Scraped coconut - 1/2 cup 
• Curry leaves - 2 sprigs 
• Hing 
• Salt - as per taste 
• Oil - 2 tablespoon

METHOD:

• Boil saembu, peel the skin. 
• Slit green chillies. 
• Cut all the vegetables into medium-sized cubes and cook it in a cup of water with salt, green chillies, turmeric powder and hing. Soak tamarind in little water and extract juice.
• Add the boiled saembu, tamarind water, cooked and mashed toor dhal and sambhar powder. 
• Allow it to boil for a while. 
• When slightly thick, add the scraped coconut, mix well. 
• Season it with mustard seeds, urad dhal, curry leaves and red chillies.