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Cabbage kootu

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Kootu is a very easy and healthy dish. A lot of vegetables can be prepared this way and it goes well with both chapathi and rice. I usually make kootu with chayote squash , cabbage, snake gourd, yellow squash and spinach. Ingredients: Cabbage (chopped) - 2 cups Tomato (chopped) - 1/2 Moong dal - 2 tbsp Green chilly - 2 Coconut (shredded) - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds (jeera) - 1 tsp Salt - as needed Seasoning: Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Split urad dal - 1 tsp Asafoetida - a pinch Oil - 1 tsp Method: Pressure cook the cabbage, tomato, moong dal and one slit green chilly with 1 cup of water for one whistle. Grind the coconut, one green chilly and jeera with 2 tbsp water. After the pressure has subsided, open the pressure cooker, add salt and heat the pressure cooked cabbage till all water evaporates. Add the ground mixture and cook till the raw smell disappears (about 5min). Heat 1 tsp oil in a small pan and add the seasoning ingredients. Remove from heat when the mustard starts to splutter and then a

Happy Tamil New Year

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Ive been busy at work lately and add to that severe neck pain. Hence I've been MIA (Missin In Action). I promise not to disappear again and to post more often. I also have a ton of bloghoppin to do and get updated with whats happening in the blog world. I hope I dint miss anything big and also hope that all is fine with everyone. So here are some pictures from my tamil new year's celebration. Clockwise from top: Vatral Kuzhambu , Raddish Sambar, Tomato Rasam , Cabbage Kootu , Beetroot Poriyal , Potato fry , Curd - Vermicelli Payasam and Masala Vada in the center All the same goodies served with hot rice and appalam I promise to post the recipes soon.