Cucumber with Coconut Milk kootu / Vellirikkai Thengai paal Kootu
Beat the summer heat with this delicious and healthy cucumber kootu. A delicious side dish to have with any rice and also suits as the side dish to serve with chapathis and rotis. A simple but tasty and healthy side dish...
Pre time: 15 mins Cooking time : 30 mins Serves : 4
Ingredients for making Cucumber with Coconut Milk kootu :
Cucumber (larger ones) 4 (peeled and diced into small cubes) Moongh dal 3 tb spoons Thur dal 3 tb spoons Slitted green chillies 4 Thick coconut milk 200 ml Coconut oil 2 tea spoons Mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leavess, cumin seeds and 2 red chillies for seasoning.
How to make Cucumber with Coconut Milk kootu?
Boil the dals with generous amount of water in a broad pan. When the dals are half cooked add the chopped cucumber pieces, green chillies.
Add required water for boiling. Put a pinch of turmeric powder. When the vegetables are boiled well add required salt and mix well. Finally pour the coconut milk, give a stir and immediately switch off the stove.