KOTHAVARANGAI KOOTU RECIPE | CLUSTER BEANS KOOTU

Kothavarangai | Cluster beans , the veggie i am buying and tasting for the first time. Yes, i have never seen my mom cooking this veggie and even at my in laws place they won't cook this vegetable. When i went for vegetable shopping with my friend , she was telling that she will make kootu out of cluster beans. When she explained the method i too picked up some cluster beans and made this kootu. It turned out very nice . Try out this simple kootu. It doesn't involve any pressure cooking of dal as we do for other kootu varieties.

Ingredients

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20Mins |   Serves : 3

    Cluster Beans |Kothavarangai -  200 gms
    Moong Dal  - 1 and 1/2 tblsp
    Black whole pepper - 7-8
    Red chilli -1-2
    Coconut (scrapped) -  2 tblsp
    Salt   -  as needed
    Turmeric Powder -  1/4 tsp
    Oil  - 1 tsp
    Mustard Seeds  - 1/4 tsp
    Curry Leaves -Few
    Asafoetida    2 pinches

Method:

• Wash the kothavarangai and chop them . 
• In a pan add the chopped vegetable and add little water. Add turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt.
• Cook this till the vegetables becomes soft. Cluster beans will get cooked in 10-12 minutes.
• Meanwhile roast the moong dal, black pepper and red chilli in a dry pan till the dalgives out a nice aroma and changes into golden brown colour.
• When cool, grind this into a fine paste along with coconut.
• Add the ground paste to the cooked veggie.

• Mix well and add little water to this to get a kootu consistency.  The kootu will get thicken when it is cool as we have added moong dal in the ground paste.
• So even if it is little watery it is ok.
• Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves on the top.

• Serve with rice and any spicy curry. We had with Potato Curry.

Note:

1. Do not increase the quantity of moong dal more than the amount mentioned. The kootu will be very thick and the texture will not be nice.