Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, moru kootan (yoghurt and coconut curry). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Moru kootan is a very typical Kerala dish which is a yoghurt coconut curry where usually a vegetable like green(raw) plantain or chembu (taro root) is cooked in a yoghurt /buttermilk (moru in malayalam) and coconut sauce. 'Kootan' means any 'curry' that can be had with rice. Moru kootan is a very typical Kerala dish which is a yoghurt coconut curry where usually a vegetable like green (raw) plantain or chembu (taro root) is cooked in a yoghurt /buttermilk (moru in malayalam) and coconut sauce. 'Kootan' means any 'curry' that can be had with rice. 'Moru' means 'Buttermilk' in Malayalam but more or less the recipe usually calls for sour Curd/Yogurt as a base for Moru Curry/Moru Kootan. Kumbalanga, Ash Gourd, White Gourd and Winter Melon all are different names of the same vegetable. This is a glorified "moru kachiyathu" recipe.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook moru kootan (yoghurt and coconut curry) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Moru Kootan (Yoghurt and coconut curry):
- Prepare 1 inch plantain pumpkin green or white - cut into cubes , about 1 cup
- Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 tamarind tiny piece (about a 1/4 inch ball) of
- Make ready 3/4 cup coconut grated (fresh or fresh frozen that
- Prepare has been thawed to room temperature)
- Get 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1 cup Dahi yoghurt plain or (thick)
- Get 1 tbsp coconut oil
- Take 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Prepare 1 tsp methi seeds (fenugreek )
- Take 1 sprig curry leaves fresh
- Get 2 medium size dry red chills, broken into halves
If the Curd used is sour, vegetables or fruits are added to reduce the sourness. Moru Curry with coconut has many names such as Nadan Moru Curry, Moru Charu, Kachiya Moru or Pullisseri. To make this curry, firstly grind the fresh coconut along with ginger, green chillies, and turmeric powder. Now mix this paste with buttermilk and a little water.
Instructions to make Moru Kootan (Yoghurt and coconut curry):
- Take the cut vegetable in a pot and add about 1 cup water. (You may need to adjust this quantity depending upon the vegetable you are using for the moru kootan. -For chembu(arabi) and green plantain, about 1 cup is needed, for white pumpkin, you will need less since it cooks faster).
- Add the red chilli powder, the turmeric powder, the tamarind and the salt and cover the pot with a lid and cook on medium flame for about 5 minutes. Check after 5 minutes stirring the vegetables a little bit. If they have become slightly soft by now, take the lid off and cover for further 2-3 minutes till there is very little water left. Turn the stove off.
- Next take the coconut in a blender (or food processor) and add the cumin seeds to it and the 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (note I have noted turmeric twice in the ingredients list for this reason as I am using it twice). Take 1 cup of warm water and blend the coconut and cumin mixture till it is nice and fine. (about 2-3 minutes on high for a regular blender).
- Then add the 1 cup of yoghurt and again blend it once more for about 30 seconds.
- Next pour the mixture into the pot with the cooked vegetable and stir. Now put the stove back on low to medium heat till you see a few (about 3-4 bubbles) coming up. This should take about a minute or so and immediately turn the heat off. (This is a very important step otherwise your yoghurt will curdle)
- Finally, for the tadka, heat coconut oil in a tadka (small pan) pan. Add the mustard seeds and when they splutter, add the methi (fenugreek) seeds and heat for about a minute on low flame until the methi seeds change color to golden brown. Next add the curry leaves and the dry red chillies and put the heat off immediately. Pour this garnish oil into the pot with the sauce and stir.
To make this curry, firstly grind the fresh coconut along with ginger, green chillies, and turmeric powder. Now mix this paste with buttermilk and a little water. Mix everything well and strain it properly. Select Page. moru curry with kumbalanga. by This is also known as mor kulambu or mor kuzhambu without coconut.
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