Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, ash-gourd mor kootu / pooshanikai mor kootu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
It can be used to prepare a variety of dishes ranging from sambar to mor kuzhambu to halwa. Poosinikkai Morkootu or Ash Gourd Morkootu is a yogurt based stew and is very easy to make which goes well with any rice variety or Pepper Kuzhambu. I have already an Ash Gourd Curry in my blog which is equally tasty. It is more like Mor Kuzhambu with more vegetables and is thicker.
Ash-Gourd Mor Kootu / Pooshanikai Mor Kootu is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Ash-Gourd Mor Kootu / Pooshanikai Mor Kootu is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook ash-gourd mor kootu / pooshanikai mor kootu using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ash-Gourd Mor Kootu / Pooshanikai Mor Kootu:
- Get 1/2 kg ash gourd Chopped
- Prepare 1 cup curd Sour
- Get salt
- Get Curry leaves
- Make ready water
- Prepare 8 tbsps Coconut oil
- Prepare 1/2 cup coconut grated
- Take 2 tbsps cumin
- Make ready 1/2 cup chana dal toor dal soaked (for about 20 minutes) and
- Make ready 6 green chillies
- Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric
- Get salt
- Get 1 tbsp ghee
- Prepare 1 tsp mustard seed
This poosanikai mor kootu is something I do quite often at home and we all love it. It is similar to an aviyal, but unlike an aviyal, it is done using only vellai poosanikai (ashgourd / white pumpkin) and the coconut masala paste is slightly different than that of an aviyal. Ashgourd, also known as White Pumpkin is "Pooshanikai" in Tamil. We can make kootu, sambar, mor kuzhambu and halwa from this vegetable.
Steps to make Ash-Gourd Mor Kootu / Pooshanikai Mor Kootu:
- Chop the ash gourd into small cubes or bite sized cubes, whichever suits your convenience and taste.
- Put this in a vessel, fill it with water, it has to just about submerge. Ash gourd itself is a watery vegetable, as it cooks it leaves water, so add water carefully. Add little salt to season the vegetable and also put in few curry leaves. Keep it on medium heat and cook this until ash gourd turns tender.
- Meanwhile, arrange the ingredients for the paste. Take about 2 tbsps of chana dal and 2 tbsps of toor dal and soak this in the blender jar, with is add the rest of the ingredients required for the paste. Add salt wisely, as we have already added for the ash gourd to cook too. Do not add too much water to this, grind it into a smooth paste.
- Check if the ash gourd is cooked. Take a knife and insert it in one of the pieces. It should go in easily, if it does then it is cooked. Now add the ground paste to this. Stir it and keep the heat in low. At this stage care should be taken as the bottom of the vessel might burn and give a smoky flavor to the dish, hence stir continuously.
- Now take a bowl, pour the required amount of sour curd and add little water and whisk it. Pour this into the ash-gourd and stir.
- After you add the sour curd, allow it to boil, stir it continuously. When it boils it'll form froth on the surface. Switch off the stove and take it off the heat.
- Now add the coconut oil to this and mix. The coconut oil will float on the surface.
- Take a small kadaai or a pan and get the tempering ready. Pour it over the kootu, and serve it hot.
Ashgourd, also known as White Pumpkin is "Pooshanikai" in Tamil. We can make kootu, sambar, mor kuzhambu and halwa from this vegetable. Take a heavy bottom pan add the chopped Poosanikkai/ Ash Gourd and add little water (approx. ¼ cup, do not add more water). Add enough salt, mix it well and cover it with lid. Let it cook until it gets tender.
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