Chettinad Cauliflower Tomato Kootu - Karaikudi special Recipes - South Indian Lunch Recipes

Kootu is one of the tasty and healthy accompaniment served with South Indian lunch which consists of rice, sambar, vathakuzhambu, kootu, poriyal, varuval and appalam. You might have tried many varieties of kootu and here I have posted a kootu recipe with cauliflower which you can just give a try and enjoy.

Ingredients for making Cauliflower tomato kootu
Cauliflower florets – 1 cup
Tomatoes – 4
Gram dal – 3/4 cup
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
Channa dal – 1 tbsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Red chillies – 4
Black pepper – 1/2 tsp
Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
Oil – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves for garnishing

To Season
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
A sprig of curry leaves
Pinch of asafoetida

Method of Preparation of Cauliflower tomato kootu

1. Wash the gram dal with water and cook by adding ¼ tsp turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.
2. Heat oil and fry the channa dal, urad dal, red chillies and pepper. Add the grated coconut and fry 2 minutes. Cool this and grind the mixture to a fine paste.
3. Immerse the cauliflower into hot water for 2 minutes.
4. Add the tomatoes and cauliflower to the tamarind water and allow this to boil for 5 minutes.
5. Next add the ground paste and cooked gram dal to the above mixture and mix well.
6. Allow this to boil and remove from heat.
7. Season and garnish with coriander leaves.

Now the Cauliflower Tomato Kootu is ready.