Puli Kootu - Introduction

Ingredients:

• Actually kootu means: "mixture of something".
• Puli kooru means, use puli or puli paste with dal and veg.

Method:

• Here we are going to mix vegetables with dal.
• For this kootu we must use Thur dal only .
• Generally in olden days they prepare kootu by cooking dal and the veg. separately but I used keep them both in the cooker and by doing this we can save time, gas energy and we can avoide over cooking also.
• I think while cooking you will also feel, what I am saying is correct.
• Now let us prepare the pulli kootu now and I am going to give 2 varities of the pulli kootu.
• First you must know the name of the vegetables from which we usually prepare pulli kootu.
• They are Brinjal, chow chow, Small Ash Gourd.
• You can make pulli kootu by using these veg. separately.
• And the second varitey is called as SANKARANTHI KOOTU and while preparing this we will add many veg.
• in that and usually we will prepare this Sankaranthi Kootu during Pongal time.
• In Sankaranthi Kootu we can add, Brinjal, Chow Chow, Pumpkin, Sweet potato, Potato, Yam, Beans,
• Carrots, Ash Gourd and we can add soaked Whole chenna, Fresh ground nut or Double beans seeds in
• the pulli kootu.