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Home » KOOTU RECIPES » Ezhukari kootu recipe, thiruvathirai kootu, pongal kootu

Ezhukari kootu recipe, thiruvathirai kootu, pongal kootu

January 10, 2013 by Raks Anand 41 Comments / Jump to Recipe

ezhukari kootu

Ezhukari kootu (kootu made with 7 veggies) traditionally made for the south Indian tamil festival thiruvathirai and pongal at our home.

This kootu is very flavourful with all our naatu kaigaris (country vegetables). Please refer the notes for the vegetables choice. This is one of the main Pongal Recipes.  We make sakkarai pongal, vellai pongal, this ezhukari kootu, vadai and vendakkai sambar on Pongal day. Sometimes make Kalkandu pongal also along with this.

7 kari kootu recipe

Since we make it for festival, we don’t add onion or sambar powder in this kootu. Even the sambar and vadai we make on these days we do not add onion as we offer to God. There are lot of traditions followed for Pongal by MOM and MIL, but in Singapore, I make it simple. This year no Pongal celebrations for us, but wanted to post this recipe here as I got few requests from the readers. And special thanks to Jeyashri for the veggies and the cute mat

What are the vegetables to be used in ezhu kari kootu, pongal kootu? Any naatu kaai can be used, parangikai, mochai, avarakkai, vazhakkai, sakkarai valli kizhangu, seppankizhangu, karunai kizhangu.

7-vegetables-used

ezhukari kootu
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7 kari kootu recipe

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup moong dal/ Paasi paruppu
  • 1/2 Vazhakkai / plantain - 1
  • 1 small piece of yellow pumpkin
  • ½ sweet potato/ sakkaravalli kizhangu
  • ¼ cup fresh peeled mochai
  • 15 broad beans/ avarakkai
  • 1 small piece of karunai kizhangu
  • 2 seppan kizhangu
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt as needed

To grind

  • ½ cup coconut grated
  • ¼ tsp rice flour

To temper

  • 1 tsp Oil
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • 1 curry leaves

Instructions

  • Pressure cook moong dal for 2 whistles and keep aside.
  • Peel off the skin of yam, arbi, sweet potato. Wash and chop into tiny cubes.
  • Chop the broad beans finely. Boil 1 cup of water and add these veggies + mochai, turmeric and salt.
  • Meanwhile peel off the skin of plantain and yellow pumpkin and chop into tiny cubes.
  • Add it along the veggies boiling and cook until soft.
  • Grate coconut mean while and grind it along with jeera, rice flour, green chilli and little water to a coarse paste.
  • Add the cooked dal, coconut paste and bring to boil.
  • Temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table and mix well.

Notes

  • You can add dried beans as well in this kootu like kaaramani, dried mochai. You have to soak and pre cook before adding.
  • Bitter gourd also can be added in this kootu (which I dont like ;))
  • While the veggies are getting cooked, you can add few curry leaves (torn into two). This gives nice flavour.
  • Using coconut oil for tempering also enhances the flavour.
  • What are the vegetables to be avoinded in this ezhu kari kootu, pongal kootu? : ‘English veggies’ like carrot, beans, potato etc..; country veggies like brinjal, snake gourd, ash gourd, bottle gourd, ridge gourd, ladies finger,drumstick.
  • We add all ‘gastric veggies’ in this. So it's good to add jeera in this kootu.
  • Do not add yam more as it will be giving itchy feel. Do not add sweet potato and yellow pumpkin more as it will turn sweeter.

How to make ezhu kari kootu step by step method:

  1. Pressure cook moong dal for 2 whistles and keep aside. Peel off the skin of yam, arbi, sweet potato. Wash and chop into tiny cubes. Chop the broad beans finely. Boil 1 cup of water and add these veggies + mochai, turmeric and salt. Meanwhile peel off the skin of plantain and yellow pumpkin and chop into tiny cubes. Add it along the veggies boiling and cook until soft.ezhu kari kootu recipe step 1
  2. Grate coconut mean while and grind it along with jeera, rice flour, green chilli and little water to a coarse paste.7 kari kootu recipe step 2
  3. Add the cooked dal, coconut paste and bring to boil. Temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table and mix well.kootu recipe step 3

I love this kootu with sakkarai pongal those days. Yeah its weird, but I do eat this way as I don’t like to eat too much of sweet continuously those days. This is very very flavourful kootu.

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Comments

  1. PriyaVaasu

    January 10, 2013 at 8:37 am

    Paarthale Pasikarathu!!!! So Delicious !!!

    Reply
  2. Shama Nagarajan

    January 10, 2013 at 8:40 am

    Super yummy… .

    Ongoing events:Fast Food – Poha .
    Know your dairy – Milk Events
    in my blog.

    Reply
  3. Shifa Firoz

    January 10, 2013 at 9:32 am

    Raji what is mochai? is it dry beans?

    Reply
  4. Lakshmi Venkatesh

    January 10, 2013 at 10:18 am

    You are making me feel very very hungry and run for grasping some food. Kootu is looking too lovely.

    Reply
  5. Priti S

    January 10, 2013 at 10:52 am

    Looks yum n so the pongal too …

    Reply
  6. Chella KS Nathan

    January 10, 2013 at 10:54 am

    My amma does it the same way, miss all that now. i can never get all these veggies here:((

    Reply
  7. Priya

    January 10, 2013 at 11:08 am

    Its a must for us, i cant imagine pongal without this kootu.

    Reply
  8. Nagalakshmi V

    January 10, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    wow! look at those vegetables. i am very jealous. how can a mix of all these taste anything but great.

    Reply
  9. Kadhyaa

    January 10, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    sounds so yummy and creamy 🙂 bookmarked

    Reply
  10. Sushma Madhuchandra

    January 10, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    kootu with so many root vegetables, tasty!

    Reply
  11. Uma Ramanujam

    January 10, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Like the combo of all vegetables. Looks super comfort.

    Reply
  12. Laavanya

    January 10, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    You and Jeyashri have posted the same one 🙂 Lovely kootu and the recipe i use has toor dhal… must try your mung dhal version once.

    Reply
  13. Srimathi

    January 10, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    My mother in law makes thalatha kozhambu which is similar to your kootu. It is a winner for sure.

    Reply
  14. divya

    January 10, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    Delicious n healthy curry! !! Drooling clicks!!

    Reply
  15. Sangeetha

    January 10, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    must have tasted so good with that plain pongal…liked the 1st pic more 🙂

    Reply
  16. Jayanthi Karthikeyan

    January 10, 2013 at 8:19 pm

    Raji, thanks for this authentic recipe.

    Reply
  17. Sudha Sabarish

    January 10, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    Nice combo of veggies and kootu looks yummy.

    Reply
  18. Sangeetha Nambi

    January 11, 2013 at 5:19 am

    Country vegetables… Yummy and healthy one…
    http://recipe-excavator.blogpspot.com

    Reply
  19. Priya Sreeram

    January 11, 2013 at 11:57 am

    make it the same way- happy pongal 🙂

    Reply
  20. revathi

    January 11, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Very traditional recipe.. I love the medley of veggies ..
    Reva

    Reply
  21. Meena Selvakumaran

    January 11, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Very inviting .Lovely clicks

    Reply
  22. Apu

    January 11, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    Wonderful winter dish!!

    Reply
  23. Janani

    January 11, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    wow looks super tasty never heard of this kootu ,Looks intresting must try it.

    Reply
  24. Veena Theagarajan

    January 13, 2013 at 4:36 am

    So yummy kootu
    http://great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

    Reply
  25. Rita Bose

    January 13, 2013 at 9:25 am

    Delicious dish!! Thanx for sharing!!

    Reply
  26. Nagashree

    January 14, 2013 at 3:26 am

    I had tasted this at one of my friend's place, yours looks absolutely divine. Bookmarking it. Happy Pongal to you & yours.

    Reply
  27. Anonymous

    January 15, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    Am drooling over this kootu.. Lovely Moram!! 🙂

    Reply
  28. Anonymous

    January 15, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    WOw lovely kootu Raks…reminds me of the Thiruvadharai Upperi that I make during the Thirivadharai. Many things that we all cook are made during different occasions…Love the mat color!

    Shobha

    Reply
  29. RAKS KITCHEN

    January 16, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Hindi – Val dal / English – Hyacinth bean or field bean 🙂

    Reply
  30. Sharmilee! :)

    January 18, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    Nice kootu recipe with all those veggies….perfect with paal pongal

    Reply
  31. Jeyashrisuresh

    January 22, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    Nice and flavorful kootu, Beautiful memories too.

    Reply
  32. Nivedhanams Sowmya

    January 25, 2013 at 11:59 am

    romba nalla irukku!!!! so delicious!!! very festive!!!
    Sowmya
    Ongoing Event – Breakfast
    Ongoing Event – Tried and Tasted – Raks Kitchen

    Reply
  33. Venkatalakshmi Kolluru

    February 5, 2013 at 7:25 am

    What made me more happy is your strict adherence to the offering (naivedyam) rules and avoiding onion etc. for this preparation…. it is awesome…. where there is a will there is a way……………Excellent presentation and OUTSTANDING performance…. All Congrats…….:)

    Reply
  34. Baabi

    October 18, 2013 at 3:13 am

    Raks, you are an absolute genius with presentation. I always read your blogs and find that there is rarely anything that I can't understand or is missing, very thorough and detailed explanation. Kudos!!

    Reply
  35. Vanitha Venkatesan

    January 14, 2014 at 4:47 am

    soooo yummmmyyy…. thanks alot madam… this is my first pongal in my mother-in-laws home… i am going to prepare this 7 kari kootu,sweet pongal, and milk pongal tomorrow…. i'm going to rock tomorrow… my mom even prepares like wat u had told…. i guess u belong to saiva pillai caste… anyway thanks alot madam

    Reply
  36. Raks anand

    January 14, 2014 at 4:59 am

    Yes 🙂

    Reply
  37. Anitha D

    January 14, 2014 at 11:38 pm

    Papdi lilva?

    Reply
  38. Malini Nagarajan

    January 16, 2016 at 9:00 am

    Hi Madam,should we avoid brinjal in this kootu?

    Reply
  39. Raks anand

    January 16, 2016 at 9:06 am

    Yes we don't add brinjal I have mentioned in my notes about some veggies that we don't add to the kootu

    Reply
  40. Geetha Neha

    January 16, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    what does seppan n karna kizangu means… avrekayi n mochai are same or wt….

    Reply
  41. Raks anand

    January 16, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    Seppankizhangu is known as arbi in hindi and colacascia is its name. I am not sure about averakayi and mochai if same…

    Reply

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