Kootu Curry

There are variety of ways for cooking this koote curry .Well this is how i made it.Well i prepared this for this year 2013 Vishu .

Happy  Vishu to All of You !!

Ingredients :

1. Raw Plaintain - 1 No cut into cubes.
2. Yam - 3 Cups Cut to cubes.
3. Black Chana  - 1/2 Cup
4. Chilly Powder- 1 tbsp
5. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
6. Salt as required
7. Oil as required
8. Coconut grated- 2 CUps
9. Mustard Seeds- 1 /2 tsp
10. Jaggery syrup -2 tbsp
11. Coconut grted- 4 tbsp
12. Green chilly - 2 no
13. Jeera- 1/4 tsp
14. Curry Leaves - as required

How To Cook :

1. Soak the chana overnight  .
2. Pressure cook the chana  to minimum 8 whistles or more if required until it gets cooked.
3. Grind the coconut , green chilly and jeera   for one round in a mixie and keep this aside.
4. After that add the plantain and yam cubes to the cooked chana .
5. Add chilly powder ,turmeric powder , salt and cook to 2 whisltes .
6. Add the grinded coconut , green chilly jeera  maste and mix well.
7. Add oil to the pan and when it is hot , add mustard seeds . Let it splutter.
8. Add the grated coconut and on low flame fry it till it become golden brown in colour.
9. Add this to the cooked vegetables . 
10. Add the jaggery syrup and mix well.
11.  Garnish with  Curry Leaves