Wednesday 21 August 2013

Avarekai or Chaparada Avarekai Molagootal or Broad Beans Molagootal

One more kootu category ..... its broad beans molagootal.
Broad Beans is not a very flavourful vegetable in itself.
So adding some of these flavourful spices in this kootu, brings out a nice texture, flavour into this kootu

Ingredients:
Broad Beans/Avarekai/Chaparada avrekai - 200 grams,
Moong Dhal - 1/4 cup,
Turmeric - a pinch,
Salt.

To Grind:
Oil - 1 teaspoon,
Urad dal - 2 teaspoon
Raw Rice - 1 teaspoon,
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon,
Pepper corns - 1 teaspoon,
Coconut - 1/4 cup grated.

To Temper:
Oil - 1 teaspoon,
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon,
Asafoetida - a pinch,
Curry leaves - a sprig.



Method:
Wash the broad beans and chop them into 1 inch peices.
Cook braod beans in as little water as possible.
Cook moong dhal with turmeric until soft and mushy.
Fry the ingredients except coconut, under grinding table with oil until dal is browned.
Grind with coconut and water to a smooth paste.
Drain water from broad beans and mix with ground paste and bring to boil for couple of minutes.
Add cooked dal and temper with the ingredients under the temper table.
Serve with hot rice.

Note:
After draining water from broad beans save the stock, in case if the kootu gets very thick, then you can add this stock to adjust the consistency.



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