MORUKOOTAN (YOGHURT CURRY)

Morukootan is a yoghurt based curry goes well with sevai, rice, rice dumplings etc.  In South India, mostly the curries and kootans are prepared with tamarind.  For a change, you can make this morukootan.

I prefer this with the Sevai or Idiyappam.   My mother in law used to make Sevai and specially keep some sevai aside to put in the morukootan and next day she used to have it as it tastes heavenly.

In our house, we always make Thengai Sevai, Elumicha Sevai, etc.  The combination of morukootan and sevai, I learned after my marriage from my MIL.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Preparation time: 10-15 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1.  2 tbsp finely chopped vegetables viz. raw banana or vellarikka or colacasia (chembu).  If vegetables are not available, you can make use of vathals viz. manathakali, chundakkai, kothavarakka , bitter gourd etc.

2.  ½ cup grated coconut

3.  2-3 green chilli (adjust according to your taste)

4.  ½ cup curd (yoghurt)

5.  Turmeric powder

6.  Salt

Tempering:

1 tsp oil

1 tsp mustard seeds

¼ tsp fenugreek seeds

2-3 broken red chilli pieces

Curry leaves

Method:

1.  Grind the coconut and green chilli to a fine paste.

2.  Cook the vegetables with turmeric powder and salt in on cup of water

3.  When it is cooked, add the ground paste in it and boil.

4.  Beat the curd and add to the above. 

 5.  Do not boil.  adjust salt, Simmer for a minute and switch off gas.

6.  Temper with the ingredients mentioned under tempering.

How to serve:

Serve along with rice, sevai, dosa, idli, rice dumplings etc.