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    Home » Recipes » Kootu Recipes

    Zucchini kootu recipe, with coconut south Indian style

    April 17, 2020 by Raks Anand 10 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Zucchini Kootu with step by step pictures. Cooked with moong dal, coconut in South Indian style makes an amazing accompaniment for rice as a part of your meal.

    zucchini kootu recipe

    Zucchini is a vegetable that we got to know only few years back after we liked it in pizza as topping also loved it in quesadilla. Since Aj too liked the veggie, I started buying.

    Most of the time 10 days once I make zucchini fritters for his dinner. It is one of those healthy inner he eats and I too make happily without any guilt. Occasionally we make quesadillas and pizza too, using up the vegetable.

    easy zucchini kootu

    Now after being in Instagram for few years, I see zucchini kootu is also a thing. I see it in my feed and thought of trying it out. I was telling Aj about my lunch plan and he thought I was joking.

    When I finished cooking and clicking, he was like, 'so you weren't joking then?' Both ate without any fuss. Now this can also appear in my lunch menu once in a while. We had with potato kara curry and was perfect for the side.

    Zucchini is called also by the names courgette, marrow depending on the region. Last week Vj got some organic zucchini which looked different from the usual ones we buy regularly.

    Planned to make kootu with that but I got the regular zucchini too so did not want to take risk.

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    Zucchini Kootu recipe, South Indian

    Zucchini Kootu with step by step pictures. Cooked with moong dal, coconut in South Indian style makes an amazing accompaniment for rice as a part of your meal.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Servings 4
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 zucchini
    • ⅓ cup moong dal pasi paruppu
    • 1 Tomato
    • 1 & ½ teaspoon sambar powder
    • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
    • Salt
    • 1 teaspoon coconut oil for garnish optional

    To grind

    • ½ cup coconut grated loosely packed
    • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
    • 2 shallots
    • ½ teaspoon rice flour

    To temper

    • 2 teaspoon oil
    • ½ teaspoon mustard
    • 1 teaspoon urad dal
    • 1 sprig curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • Wash and pressure cook moong dal with 1 cup water for 4-5 whisltes.
    • Cut off the head and slice off the bottom of the zucchini. Cut into two. Divide into halves lengthwise. Cut into strips and chop it to bite size pieces.
    • Boil with chopped tomato, sambar powder, turmeric and salt.
    • Zucchini will turn translucent as it gets cooked. It takes under 4 minutes to get cooked.
    • Meanwhile grind coconut with little water, rice flour to a paste. Add shallots, cumin seeds and grind coarsely.
    • Add cooked dal, ground coconut to the zucchini. mix well.
    • Bring to boil and switch off the flame. Keep stirring as the dal might get burnt at bottom.
    • Heat a kadai with oil, splutter mustard, add urad dal and roast it until golden. Add curry leaves and give it a quick stir.
    • Add it to the kootu and drizzle with coconut oil.

    Notes

    • Do not over cook zucchini, let the skin have that crunch.
    • You can skip coconut and make it to a tangy dal. Add 2 chopped tomatoes for this version. 
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    Zucchini kootu method:

    1. Wash and pressure cook moong dal with 1 cup water for 4-5 whistles.step-1-dal
    2. Cut off the head and slice off the bottom of the zucchini. Cut into two. Divide into halves lengthwise. Cut into strips and chop it to bite size pieces.
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    3. Boil with chopped tomato, sambar powder, turmeric and salt.step-3-cook
    4. Zucchini will turn translucent as it gets cooked. It takes under 4 minutes to get cooked.
      step-4-cooked
    5. Meanwhile grind coconut with little water, rice flour to a paste. Add shallots, cumin seeds and grind coarsely.
      step-5-coconut
    6. Add cooked dal, ground coconut to the zucchini. mix well.
      step-6-add
    7. Bring to boil and switch off the flame. Keep stirring as the dal might get burnt at bottom.
      step-7-boil
    8. Heat a kadai with oil, splutter mustard, add urad dal and roast it until golden. Add curry leaves and give it a quick stir. Add it to the kootu and drizzle with coconut oil.
      step-8-ready

    Serve as accompaniment for rice. We mixed with hot rice, ghee and had potato curry as side.

    zucchini kootu

    Other Wholesome Kootu recipes

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    • Green papaya kootu recipe, pappali kai kootu
    • Parangikai kootu recipe, yellow pumpkin kootu

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Rajee

      April 18, 2020 at 12:20 am

      Thanks for sharing. At this time of lockdown when we cannot get Indian vegetables this idea comes handy.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        April 18, 2020 at 3:02 pm

        Thank you

        Reply
    2. Lakshmi Arvind

      May 06, 2020 at 2:51 pm

      This is in our weekly menu , We don’t get many Indian veggies now , this recipe is a bliss

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        May 06, 2020 at 6:48 pm

        Thank you so much 🙂

        Reply
        • Sudha

          December 09, 2022 at 9:13 am

          Can i add red onions instead of shallots

          Reply
          • Raks Anand

            December 10, 2022 at 11:24 pm

            Yes sure you can.

            Reply
    3. DDD

      May 21, 2020 at 1:10 am

      Hai, nice recipe, how many tomatoes we need to add?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        May 21, 2020 at 11:34 am

        Sorry, its 1 tomato. Updated now.

        Reply
    4. Hannah

      January 26, 2021 at 8:12 am

      5 stars
      I never imagined Zucchini could taste so divine as a kootu. Just loved this version. Made it yesterday for lunch.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        January 26, 2021 at 11:45 am

        Thank you for your feedback 🙂

        Reply

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