Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu
Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mixed summer vegetable paal(milk) kootu. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Paal Kootu is a traditional stew made using milk, coconut paste and a vegetable (preferably Yellow Pumpkin, Ridge Gourd or Snake Gourd). Normally most of the stew varieties are little spicy, but Pudalangai Paal Kootu (Bottlegourd Milk Stew) is a combination of mild spice and sweet taste. Mixed vegetable kootu is also called kadamba kootu or pongal kootu as it is prepared during the Pongal festival, but it is cooked without onion and tomato for religious ceremonies and festivals. Mixed vegetable kootu is somewhat similar to avial.

Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mixed summer vegetable paal(milk) kootu using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup bottle gourd
  2. Take 1/2 cup snake gourd
  3. Make ready 1/2 cup radish
  4. Take 1/2 cup pumpkin
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup chow chow (chayote squash)
  6. Take 1 onion
  7. Take 1/4 cup grated coconut
  8. Make ready 2 teaspoon (1+1 for grinding and for temper) cumin seeds
  9. Prepare 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  10. Take 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  11. Prepare 3/4 cup milk(full fat milk)
  12. Prepare 2 green chillies
  13. Take 1 dry chilli
  14. Take 3 sprig curry leaves
  15. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste

It is a medium thick stew made with a dal, a single or mixed vegetables, and a coconut based spice mix. There are different versions of kootu, and this version is called "poricha kootu". It's one of the healthiest dishes in the South Indian cuisine. Take chow chow in a sauce pan.

Steps to make Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu:
  1. Chop all the vegetables into equal sizes as shown.
  2. Boil 2 cup of water and to it add chopped chow chow (chayote squash) and radish. Add 3/4 teaspoon cumin to it. Let it cook for 5 minutes on medium heat.
  3. Vegetables should be cooked well and firm not mushy.
  4. Now add chopped pumpkin,snake gourd and bottle gourd to the boiling vegetables. Let it cook until all the vegetables are well cooked.
  5. In a mixer, grind grated coconut, green chillies and cumin to a fine paste. Add the coconut paste to the boiled vegetables.
  6. Add salt to taste and gently mix. Add full fat milk to it and let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Switch off the heat.
  7. In a pan add coconut oil on a medium heat. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let it splutter. To it add chopped onion and dry chilli.Saute till Onion is translucent. Finally add curry leaves and add to the boiled Paal kootu. Gently mix the Paal kootu and transfer it to a serving dish.
  8. Serve Summer Vegetable Paal Kootu with steamed hot rice. Simple and easy Paal kootu is a soothing dish for this scorching heat.

It's one of the healthiest dishes in the South Indian cuisine. Take chow chow in a sauce pan. Add in milk and water and cook till chow chow is done. Add in coconut masala. mix well. Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle.

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