Saturday, February 24, 2018

Yellow pumpkin jaggery koottu

Parangi kai ( yellow pumpkin )has its  own   good taste  and aroma , my mom used to prepare  vella koottu with this yellow  pumpkin  always.
Ingredients:
 Yellow pumpkin - 3 cups
 Salt - 1 pinch
 Jaggery  -  1 1/2 cups
 For tadka:
 Kadugu - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
 Red chillies  - 2
Grated coconut -   4 tsp

 Method:
           Cook the  pumpkin  cubes in a
vessel  with the water just to level of the vegetables  add  pinch of salt. After well cooked add the  jaggery, let it get  disslove and mix well cook to the right consistancy , add coconut and add tadka. Yummy  sweet  koottu is ready
 Alternatively:
In a   2 lt cooker  add  2 tsp of  oil,  4 tsp of water  and the arrange the pumpkins cubes  as  a layer ,  add the jaggery  and   above that add the grated coconut . cook for   1whistle, open the lid and   add the tadka  and  mix well  without mashing .

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