Simple Steamed Sattvic Stew/Koottu

 

Simple Steamed Sattvic Stew/Koottu

Ingredients:

1. Any vegetable(s) of your choice - 500gms
2. Pumpkin - 300gms
3. Coconut gratings - 1 cup
4. Cilantro / Coriander leaves - 1 cup
5. Curry leaves - 1 spring
6. Cumin seeds - 1 table spoon
7. Black pepper - as per taste
8. Rock salt - as per taste

Optional Ingredients:

1. Ginger - 1 inch cube
2. Green Chili - 4 nos
3. Sprouts - 100gms
4. Tomato - 50gms

Vegetable Aviyal

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Vegetable Aviyal

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. 5 types of vegetables – 300 grams
2. Coconut – 4 to 5 pieces
3. Cumin seeds – 3/4 teaspoon
4. Green chilly – 1 or add as per its spicy level
5. Curd – 1/2 cup
6. Mustard & Urad dal – 1/4 teaspoon
7. Curry leaves – 1 spring
8. Rock salt – as per taste

Vegetable Poriyal

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Ladies finger poriyal

Any one of the vegetables of your choice can be used for Poriyal preparation.

Ingredients: (measurement given for 2 people)

• Vegetable - 100 to 150 grams (chopped into small pieces)
• Sambhar powder - 1/4 table spoon
• Rock salt - as per taste
• Water - as required
• Grated coconut - 1 or 2 table spoons

Method:

1. Wash and cut the vegetables into small pieces. 
2. Sprinkle little bit of water and cook the vegetables for 2 to 3 minutes. Cover it with a lid while cooking. 
3. Add Sambhar powder and mix it well. 
4. Turn-off the stove. 
5. Add salt to taste. 
6. When it becomes slightly cool, add the grated coconut.

Bitter Gourd & Ladies Finger poriyal can also be made without oil.
Method for Bitter Gourd:

1. Cut the bitter gourd into small pieces. 
2. Add little bit of water and cook for few minutes. 
3. When it is cooked for 3/4, add chopped tomato. 
4. It will become mushy and mix well with bitter gourd. 
5. Add 1/4 table spoon of chilli powder and saute for a minute. 
6. Turn-off the stove. 
7. Meanwhile grind 1/4 cup of grated coconut and 1/2 table spoon of cumin seeds and keep the paste ready. 
8. After turning-off the stove, put coconut-cumin paste in the vessel, add salt and mix thoroughly.

Method for Ladies finger:

1. Put chopped ladies finger and big onion in a pan. 
2. Saute it for few minutes. 
3. Add chopped tomato and saute till the vegetables become soft. 
4. Add chilli powder and saute for a minute. 
5. Turn-off the stove and add salt.

Greens Kootu

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Ingredients: (for 2 people)

• Chopped Greens - 2 cups
• Sprouted green gram - 30 grams
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 table spoon
• Small onion - 5 to 10 pieces
• Garlic clove - 1 or 2 pieces
• Green chilli - 1 no.
• Rock salt - to taste
• Grated coconut - 1 or 2 table spoons 
• Coriander leaves - little bit 

Method to make sprouts:

• Soak green grams in water for minimum 4 hours on the previous day. 
• Before going to the bed, wash the green grams twice and drain the excess water. 
• Put that in another bowl and close it with a lid in such a way that there is a slight air flow inside the bowl. 
• On next day morning, you will see the sprouted green grams. 
• If you know any other alternate ways to make sprouts, please follow that.

Method to make Greens kootu:

• Put sprouted green grams, cumin seeds, onion, garlic cloves & green chilli (without cutting or removing the stem) in a vessel, add required water and cook. 
• When it is half cooked, add the chopped greens and cover it with lid. 
• When it is slightly cooked, turn-off the stove and add salt. 
• Adding grated coconut & coriander leaves are optional. But, it should be added only after the heat of the dish is reduced to a level when we can eat.