Pumpkin & Raw Banana Kootu Recipe - Poosanikai, Vazhakkai & Payaru Kootu Kari Recipe

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 45 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Cow Peas / Perum Payaru - 1 cup 

Pumpkin / Poosanikai  - 2 cups cubed

Raw Banana / Vazhakai - 1 peeled and cubed

Salt to taste

Jaggery / Sarkarai - 2 tsp

Water as needed

For Grinding:

Coconut - 1 cup grated

Curry leaves a small handful

For Seasoning:

Coconut Oil - 3 tblspn'
Coconut - 4 tblspn grated

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp

Urad dal / Uludu Paruppu - 1 tsp

Garlic - 3 cloves crushed

Curry leaves a sprig

Method:

Soak cow peas overnight, cook in a pressure cooker for 3 whistle, simmer for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and set aside.

Grind the ingredients given for grinding to a smooth paste. Set aside.

Take raw banana and pumpkin in a pan, add water and salt and cook till done.

Add in cooked cow peas and mix well.

Now add in the coconut masala and jaggery mix well.

Heat oil in a pan, add in seasoning ingredients and fry till golden.

Pour this over the curry and mix well.

Serve.

Pictorial:

This is soaked cow peas / perum payaru

i cooked it in a pressure cooker

raw bananas chopped

pumpkin chopped

in a pan, take banana

add in pumpkin

add some salt and cook till done

add in cooked cow peas

grind coconut and curry leaves to a smooth paste

add it in

take some jaggery / sarkarai

add it in and mix well

heat coconut oil and fry the seasoning ingredients

pour it over the curry and mix well

Serve