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Home » BACHELOR COOKING » Appala kootu recipe | Dal with papad

Appala kootu recipe | Dal with papad

February 21, 2013 by Raks Anand 35 Comments / Jump to Recipe

appala kootu

Appala kootu is a delicious accompaniment for South Indian lunch, perfect to go with tangy gravies or kuzhambu varieties.

Sometimes, even though we don’t have any vegetables in stock, we have to cook. I make vengaya sambar, mocha kottai kuzhambu or mor kuzhambu with vadai or paruppu urundai kuzhambu. But for side dish?  Appala kootu will be a great idea as side. I did the same last week. I had no veggies in my fridge and made Sukku kuzhambu and appala kootu for our lunch.

Every 10 days once, I will feel like emptying the veggies completely in fridge and then buy the next batch. So this menu was perfect last week. Appala kootu is quite new to me until I heard it from Raji, have heard appala kuzhambu, but this was new to me. This can be perfect for spicy kuzhambu varieties. We loved it, as it had a different texture and flavour! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe Raji 🙂

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Appala kootu recipe, appalam kootu

Appala kootu is a delicious accompaniment for South Indian lunch, perfect to go with tangy gravies or kuzhambu varieties.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 1 hour
Servings 2
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • Chana Dal – 1/2 cup
  • appalam/ papad – 10 plain ulundhu appalam
  • Sambar powder – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric – few pinches
  • Salt – As needed
  • Coconut 2 tbsp grated

To Temper

  • Oil – 1 tsp
  • Mustard –1/2 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Instructions

  • Soak Chana dal (kadala paruppu) for an hour (to ensure easy cooking) and pressure cook it along with sambar powder, turmeric and 1 cup water, for 3 whistles.
  • Mean while break each appalam into 4 as shown in picture and deep fry it and set aside.
  • Once the dal is cooked, add the fried appalams to it, add a little bit of salt (remeber appalam has salt in it) and bring to boil. Add water if needed. The appalams should get soft, so stir in between to make sure all the appalams get dipped in water. Say for 2-3 mintues.
  • Lastly add the grated coconut and boil for 2 minutes in medium flame. Make sure its not burnt in the bottom. Adjust water if its too thick. Temper the items given under ‘To temper’ table and mix well.

Notes

  • Dal should get cooked well, otherwise the kootu may not taste good. So make sure you soak the dal before cooking.
  • Even over cooking the dal may kill the texture of the kootu. The dal should not get mashed. But it should be cooked until soft too.
  • You can use ‘appala poo’ the small oblong ones we get too for this kootu recipe. No need to break the appalams if we use that.
  • If you have the ‘vadagam’ that is meant for thaalipu, you can use it for tempering instead of mustard urad dal.

Method

  1. Soak Channa dal (kadala paruppu) for an hour (to ensure easy cooking) and pressure cook it along with sambar powder, turmeric and 1 cup water, for 3 whistles.
1-appalam
  1. Mean while break  each appalam into 4 as shown in picture and deep fry it and set aside.
2-appalam
  1. Once the dal is cooked, add the fried appalams to it, add a little bit of salt (remeber appalam has salt in it) and bring to boil. Add water if needed. The appalams should get soft, so stir in between to make sure all the appalams get dipped in water. Say for 2-3 mintues.
3-appalam
  1. Lastly add the grated coconut and boil for 2 minutes in medium flame. Make sure its not burnt in the bottom. Adjust water if its too thick. Temper the items given under ‘To temper’ table and mix well.
4-appalm

Serve as a side for any spicy and tangy kuzhambu like kara kuzhambu, poondu kuzhambuor pepper kuzhambu. We had with Sukku kuzhambu😀

appalam kootu

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Comments

  1. Sudha Sabarish

    February 21, 2013 at 3:40 am

    Looks so yummy.Even im also having similar kind of recipe lying in my draft.

    Reply
  2. Spice up the Curry

    February 21, 2013 at 3:46 am

    Looks delicious. Picture for 2nd and 3rd step are swapped.

    Reply
  3. prathibha Garre

    February 21, 2013 at 3:46 am

    Nice side dish..looks perfect with rice..

    Reply
  4. Jeyashrisuresh

    February 21, 2013 at 3:56 am

    Very interesting recipe and quite a simple one too. Pretty clicks

    Reply
  5. Banupriya Mohankumar

    February 21, 2013 at 4:04 am

    Searching for long time…Thank you

    Reply
  6. RAKS KITCHEN

    February 21, 2013 at 4:10 am

    Thanks, changed now! 🙂

    Reply
  7. SV

    February 21, 2013 at 4:19 am

    Hello! can this also be made with raw appalam (without frying)? Like what we make for appala kuzhambu…Thanks! I am falling in love with your site. I made something from your site today. I will comment on that recipe 😀

    Reply
  8. Sangeetha Nambi

    February 21, 2013 at 4:32 am

    Looks delicious… Love this all time…
    http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

    Reply
  9. notyet100

    February 21, 2013 at 4:48 am

    This recipe is new for me,,,:) looks delicious,…

    Reply
  10. Sathya Sankar

    February 21, 2013 at 4:53 am

    Delicious and interesting recipe, made your karakuzhambu recipe and it was a super hit at home 🙂

    Reply
  11. Mahi

    February 21, 2013 at 4:58 am

    I have done appala puli kuzhambu..this one is new to me! Looks good Raji!

    Reply
  12. Prathima Rao

    February 21, 2013 at 5:11 am

    Simple & so interesting & yummy!!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  13. Shama Nagarajan

    February 21, 2013 at 5:14 am

    new to me…lovely

    Reply
  14. Sowmya D.S.L

    February 21, 2013 at 5:48 am

    interesting one!! will try 🙂

    Reply
  15. Nandita SS

    February 21, 2013 at 6:52 am

    This recipe is new to me Raji!! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  16. Kaveri Venkatesh

    February 21, 2013 at 8:16 am

    Appla kootu very new recipe…Had Appla kuzhambu also very recently and loved it..should try this one

    Reply
  17. Nagalakshmi V

    February 21, 2013 at 8:25 am

    we make thoran with appalam. it's a great fall-back for no-veg days like you mentioned. this is a great variation.

    Reply
  18. Rama

    February 21, 2013 at 9:06 am

    Delicious and simple kootu

    Reply
  19. Leena

    February 21, 2013 at 9:28 am

    New to me..looks very delicious…

    Reply
  20. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

    February 21, 2013 at 10:50 am

    i generally do the kuzhambu varieties 🙂 kootu is new to me !

    Reply
  21. Hamaree Rasoi

    February 21, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Learnt something new today..Very interesting…Looks new variation of having dal

    Reply
  22. M D

    February 21, 2013 at 1:11 pm

    I am in love with your Appala Koota. Stunning clicks as usual!

    Reply
  23. Veena Theagarajan

    February 21, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    I agree with u .. veg or no veg we will find a way to cook 🙂 looks great

    Reply
  24. Kadhyaa

    February 21, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    very innovative and never tasted it too 🙂 nice clicks

    Reply
  25. divya

    February 21, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    Very beautiful and yummy…

    Reply
  26. Laavanya

    February 21, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    Can't say I've tasted this before but I can imagine how delicious this must be…. hope to give it a try sometime.
    The combination of this with the sukku kuzhambu sounds fabulous.

    Reply
  27. Krithika

    February 21, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  28. Krithika

    February 21, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    Perfect! this is my paati's favourite… Was randomly looking at your poondu kozhumbu post yesterday and thought appala kootu would be a good side dish for that… was surprised to see this post from you yesterday… made it yesterday and it turned out to be awesome 🙂

    Reply
  29. sindhu chandran

    February 21, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    I have never heard of such a kuzhambu with appalam.. sounds so different !! Need to really try this..Wonder how this tastes… but pics are so tempting !!!

    Sindhu

    Reply
  30. Saraswathi Iyer

    February 22, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Looks inviting and delicious. Super Clicks!

    Reply
  31. Aruna Manikandan

    February 23, 2013 at 7:49 am

    sounds simple and delicious 🙂

    Reply
  32. pepper bowl

    February 25, 2013 at 4:13 am

    unga Innovations-ku ore alave Illa!!! great job!! looks fabulous!!

    Reply
  33. Radhika

    March 12, 2013 at 7:32 am

    My mom makes a different version of this by adding, boiled potatoes, onion, tomatoes and garlic. You should try them. It gives some nice flavor and richness to the kootu with potatoes in it.. Otherwise, its the same method we follow too. I thought Appalam kootu was not known by many ppl and I always thought only my mom can make it 🙂

    Happy cooking

    Reply
  34. RAKS KITCHEN

    March 13, 2013 at 11:02 am

    Sure will try that version too, sounds really good 🙂 Thanks!

    Reply
  35. Srijaya Prabhu

    November 7, 2013 at 1:04 am

    luv ur site…great recipes…..keep going..

    Reply

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