Ingredients:
Snake gourd – 2 small ones (scrape the skin & cut roughly)
Bengal gram – ¼ cup
Split green gram – 2 tbsp
Small onions – 4
Rice flour – ¼ tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Salt – as required
For masala paste:
Coconut – ¼ cup
Red chillies – 4
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Aniseed – ¼ tsp
For seasoning:
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Black gram – 1 ½ tsp
Curry leaves – few
Method:
1) Pressure cook the lentils and the gourd pieces together along with turmeric powder till 3 whistles.
2) Grind the ingredients mentioned above for masala paste.
3) In a pan, heat little oil and fry onions till translucent.
4) Add the cooked lentils-gourds.
5) Add the ground masala paste and rice flour and cook till thick. Add salt.
6) In a small pan, heat oil, fry seasonings and this to the kootu.
