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    Home » Recipes » Kootu Recipes

    avarakkai kootu recipe, broad beans kootu

    Updated on March 15, 2022 by Raks Anand 4 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Avarakkai kootu is a simple south Indian vegetable side dish for rice. Made with moong dal, broad beans and a hint of tanginess with tomato. Step by step pictures recipe.

    avarakkai kootu recipe
    Avarakkai kootu recipe

    Kootu is a healthy south Indian accompaniment with moong dal (pasi paruppu) and vegetable as main ingredient.

    Check out my mixed vegetable kootu recipe and kootu always goes well with kuzhambu varieties.

    Jump to:
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    I make broad beans kootu rarely but still was surprised to realize I have not posted avarakkai kootu and avarakkai poriyal in my blog.

    So thought of posting this. I usually do not add tomato in a kootu.

    But since I am posting similar kootu recipes always, thought of trying with tomato and post it. It was really good with tomato.

    broad beans kootu
    broad beans kootu recipe | Avarakkai kootu

    Variations

    Spicy - Use a green chilli along while grinding coconut.

    Flavor - I love to add a small onion usually or a small onion and one small garlic clove for more flavor.

    Garnish with a tablespoon of virgin coconut oil and few torn curry leaves for extra flavor.

    Instructions

    1. Eliminate the tips of the broad beans using a paring knife by cutting a little part and you can also eliminate the excess thick fibre in the sides along. Clean and cut into thin strips.
    chop

    2. Add moong dal in small pressure cooker. Add 1 cup water, broad beans, tomato, turmeric, salt, sugar and sambar powder. Pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. 

    pressure cooker layering

    3. Meanwhile grind coconut, rice flour and cumin seeds with little water to slightly coarse paste. 

    coconut

    4. Once the pressure cooking part is done, add the ground coconut mixture.

    pressure cook

    5. Mix well and bring to boil. Temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in oil. Mix into the kootu.

    temper avarakkai kootu

    Serve as accompaniment for rice.

    avarakkai kootu

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    avarakkai kootu recipe

    Avarakkai kootu is a simple south Indian vegetable side dish for rice. Made with moong dal, broad beans and a hint of tanginess with tomato. Step by step pictures recipe.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Servings 3 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 3 cups Broad beans Avarakkai, chopped
    • ¼ cup Moong dal pasi paruppu
    • 1 Tomato
    • 1.5 teaspoon Sambar powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric
    • ¼ teaspoon Sugar optional
    • Salt

    To grind

    • Coconut grated - ½ cup
    • Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
    • Rice flour - ½ tsp

    To temper

    • 2 teaspoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • Eliminate the ends of the broad beans using a paring knife by cutting a little part and as you do it, you can also peel the excess thick fiber in the sides. Clean and cut into thin strips.
    • Add moong dal in small pressure cooker.
    • Pour 1 cup water, broad beans, tomato, turmeric, salt, sugar and sambar powder.
    • Pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame.
    • Meanwhile grind coconut, rice flour and cumin seeds with little water to slightly coarse paste.
    • Once the pressure cooking part is done, add the ground coconut mixture.
    • Mix well and bring to boil.
    • Temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in oil. Mix into the kootu.

    Notes

    • If you do not have sambar powder, you can use red chilli powder too. Or skip and grind green chilli with coconut and add to the kootu.
    • I have used 2 litre cooker for this.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Unknown

      January 21, 2018 at 10:54 am

      Can i use toor dal instead of moong dal??

      Reply
    2. Raks Kitchen

      January 21, 2018 at 11:32 am

      Sure

      Reply
    3. Sasikala Parimalan

      January 31, 2018 at 7:16 am

      Mam can I use another variety avarai (non mochai avarai)

      Reply
    4. Raks Kitchen

      February 19, 2018 at 5:10 am

      Sure

      Reply

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