Kukuku Kuruma (Vegetable)

Spicy, Very Indian, Very Veggie, Tasty are the words that describe Kuruma... There is a tamil song which goes ... "Chappathi kku kuruma kuruma...." which means the best that suits for chappathi is kuruma as a combination... I love it, Have a look...



Ingredients:

Onion - 1
Tomato - 2
Chopped Beans - 1/4 cup
Chopped Carrot - 1/4 cup
Chopped Potato - 1/4 cup
Chopped Cauliflower - 1/4 cup
Boiled Peas - 1/4 cup
Clove - 2
Peeled Garlic Cloves - 3
Cinnamon - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Corriander seeds - 2 tsp
Saunf/Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Green Chilli - 4
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Corriander leaves - 1/4 cup
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt - As per taste

Preparation:

1. Add oil in a pan, add cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf. When these get a little brown, add onion and fry
2. Add tomato and salt. Wait until the tomato gets melted.
3. Add all the vegetables except peas. Add some water and cover and keep the heat to medium so that the vegetables get cooked.
4. In a separate pan, add oil, add corriander seeds and fry, add green chillies, garlic and fry. Add coconut to this and fry until the coconut is a golden brown. Remove from heat, cool this and grind this mixture along with the fennel seeds.
5. Add the ground mixture to the boiling vegetables and boil it. Add chilli powder if required. Add the peas alongwith.
6. Remove from heat and add corriander leaves and lemon juice.

Hmmm U don't need to talk about Kuruma, the smell would do all the talks...And your neighbours would knock your door!! So smell, eat and enjoy!

Special Tips: You could add any vegetables to this kuruma except beetroot as it changes the colour.

Superb "See.." Koottu

So here is the see koottu, whatz special in this koottu... well it's different, thatz special...I love it with carrots, this one is not very hot yet spicy and wonderful!!! And it's nutritious and good for health too... By the way "See.." in kannada means sweet...

Ingredients:

Vegetables that can be used are Carrot/Cabbage/Seeme badnekaai (Chowchow) - Chopped (small, carrots as cubes)
Moong dal - 1 tea cup
Mustard - 1 tsp
Asafoetida (Hing powder)- 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Corriander leaves - few
Curry leaves - few
Salt - as much as needed

For grinding:
Coconut - 1 table spoons
Green chilli - 2
Jeera - 6 tsp
Rice (soaked in water) - 2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Boil moong dal along with water, 1 tsp of oil, turmeric powder and the chopped vegetable in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles or in a closed microwave oven in high for 20 minutes.
2. Grind all the ingredients mentioned above as a coarse paste
3. After the dal and the vegetable is boiled completely, add it in a vessel, add the ground coarse paste and salt to it and bring to a boil again.
4. Make sure you don't leave it for too long as it may get burnt as it's a little thick mixture.
5. In a separate pan, add oil and mustard. Let the mustard sputter and then add asafoetida and then curry leaves and remove from the pan.
6. After the mix starts boiling, add the oil with the mustard and then remove from the heat.


This will be a little thick and can be eaten along with rice or dosai/chapathi. It's nutritious and very quick to make!