7 Curries Kootu

7  Curry  Kootu

7 curry Kootu is generally prepared on the festival, Thiruvathirai / Arudra Darshan, as a side dish for Kali.   This is typically like Arachuvita Sambar but will be thicker like Kootu with loads of veggies and Dal.  

Red gram split / Tur dal  :  2 cup

Turmeric powder :  1/2 tsp

 Mix Veg :   2 cup ( Any 7 type of veggies )

Arachu vitta Sambar Powder :  2 tbsp

Sambar Powder :  4 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind Paste :  2 tsp

Jaggery powder :  1/2 tsp

Hing :  1/4 tsp

Curry leaves :  6

Tempering :

Mustard seeds : ½ tsp

Red chilly : 2

One spring of Curry leaves for Garnishing

          Keep Tur dal with adequate water  + Turmeric powder in a vessel / cooker separator.

  Chop vegetables into big cubes. Mix it with all the other ingredients together + 2 glass of water in another vessel / cooker separator …

 Cook both for 3 whistles in a pressure cooker.

After opening , mash cooked dal and mix with the cooked veggies and give a nice boil  .  Consistency of 7 curry Kootu should be thick like kootu and not like Sambar.  Adjust water accordingly.  If it is watery , can mix a tsp of rice flour and give a nice boil, which acts as a thickening agent.

Temper with Mustard, red chilly.  

Garnish with Fresh curry leaves.  

 

Very tasty 7 Curry Kootu is ready to serve with Kali.

Note: 

·       For mix veg , we can use any 7 types of veggies like Potato, Ash gourd, Pumpkin, Brinjal, Carrot, Beans , Yam, Broad Beans, Peas , sweet potato, Snake gourd etc.

·       Though it is said as 7 curries Kootu, we can also include more than 7 types of veggies.

·       As we are preparing on auspicious day, it’s better to avoid, drumstick, onion in this dish.   But we can add Brinjal, as brinjal is a favorite veg of Lord Shiva.

·       Instead of preparing with sambar ingredients, we can prepare like Kootu.  Cook Green gram split ( Moong dal )… Cook vegetables with salt…  Grind cumin seeds, green chilly with coconut to a paste…  Add this paste with cooked Dal + veggies and give a boil. This will tastes exactly like Kootu.  Add tempering and garnishing.