Simple Zucchini Koottu without Daal/Paruppu
I was on a short break and am back with an easy recipe for zucchini kootu. I learnt it from my mother-in- law. Using rice rinsed water, this simple and tasty side dish can be prepared in no time. I guess this is similar to the Eriseri which is prepared in Kerala, using plain water. Usually when I use an electric rice cooker I wash the rice and soak it for 30 minutes and then cook it, to get a soft texture. So whenever I use my electric rice cooker, I make this kootu with the rice soaked water, because I don’t want to use the regular pressure cooker also just to cook daal for sambar/kootu. My mother-in-law prepares this kootu with cucumber. I had only zucchini that day, so I tried it for the first time and it tasted so good.
Water/Rice soaked water - just enough to cover the zucchini
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt - as per taste
For Grinding:
Coconut, grated - 2 tablespoons
Cumin - 1 teaspoon
Red Chillies/green chillies - 1/2 each or as per taste
Milk/water - little
For Tempering:
Oil - 1 tablespoon
Urad Daal - 1 teaspoon
Channa Daal - 1 teaspoon
Hing - a pinch
2. Meanwhile grind all the ingredients together mentioned in the list and also do the tempering.
3. Add the ground mixture and tempering to the zucchinis and let it boil for another 5 minutes. Garnish it with cilantro.
A very tasty kootu is ready to be served with steaming hot white rice!
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Tags: channa daal, coconut, cumin, green chillies, hing, oil, red chillies, rice soaked water, rice washed water, salt, turmeric powder, urad daal, Zucchini
August 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
This really looks good and delicious.. Will try this very very soon.. I have to :))
August 9th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Good to see you back Madhu! The kootu looks delicious.
August 9th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Looks like kurma
Delicious with plain rice
August 10th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Nice and simple! Never knew we could make kootu without paruppu!
August 10th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is a kootu? Is it like a veggie stew, like a subzi?
August 10th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Swati, if zucchini is not available in India, you can try it with chow chow, cucumber also.
Uma, Cham thank you. I have missed a couple of your posts too. Will catch up with it.
Laksh, even I didn’t know it before.
Bharti, no problem. Kootu is a south indian side dish prepared with a combination of vegetables and daal (either channa daal, toor daal or moong daal). It goes very well with rice and chapathis too. The standard masala is grinding coconut, cumin and red chillies together and adding it to the cooked vegetables and daal and doing the tadka. You can also check out the wikipedia link I have given for kootu.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
this is quite like erisherri. while making erisherri, we fry a tiny bit of coconut in coconut oil and add it at the end.
August 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Kootu looks delicious with Mango picle (!). I made this kootu today adding dhall to it. Will try this next time. BTW have added you in my blogroll
August 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I don’t care for zucchini but my partner does and thanks to you I might impress him with this dish! Thank for sharing and keep up the great work!
August 13th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Welcome back madhu..Havent tried any recipe with zucchini..Nice one..
November 5th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Tried it today Absolutely mouth-watering! Thanks for sharing a really easy-to-prepare recipe.
Thanks for the feedback Paakapriya. I’m glad you like the daal.