Water melon is a summer cooler. Started feeling heat and
the availability of water melon is plenty now.
Whenever we buy watermelon, used
to make use of the white portion of the
melon either by making a pachadi, sambar, halva, dosa or a kootu.
The mild sweet taste of the water melon with the coconut flavor and jaggery or sugar make the curry very tasty and goes well
with plain rice, curd rice, chapatti etc.
water melon kootu
water melon kootu
watermelon kootu (water melon subzi in coconut gravy) |
Water melon kootu with cumin seeds, coconut and green chilli
Let us look at the recipe now:
Ingredients:
1 cup water
melon white portion cut into small cubes.
¼ cup chana
dal/Bengal gram/kadala parippu or moongdal
Salt as
required
A pinch of
turmeric powder
For Gravy:
WITH COCONUT
1 red chilli
or green chilli
¼ tsp cumin
seeds
¼ cup grated
fresh coconut (if you need more can make it upto ½ cup)
1 tbsp urid
dal
1 tsp oil
WITHOUT COCONUT
1 red chilli
or green chilli
¼ tsp cumin
seeds
1 tbsp urid
dal
1 tsp oil
1 tsp raw
rice
Tempering:
1 tsp
coconut oil (can use any other oil too)
1 tsp
mustard seeds
1 tsp urid
dal
Few curry
leaves.
1 red chilli
broken into pieces
METHOD:
USING COCONUT
Heat oil in
a kadai and roast the urid dal and chilli if you are using red one. Add to the coconut, cumin seeds and grind to
a smooth paste. If you are using green
chilli, add coconut cumin seeds and grind. You can use or opt the urid
dal. Cook the water melon pieces with
salt and turmeric powder till tender. Add the ground paste in it, simmer for
two minutes. Temper with the ingredients
mentioned and serve hot with rice, curd rice, chapatti etc.
WITHOUT COCONUT
Wash and dry
roast the raw rice and keep aside. Heat
oil and roast the urid dal and red chilli.
If you are using green chilli you can opt the urid dal if you want.
Grind the roasted dal, chilli, rice by adding
water and keep aside. Cook the water
melon pieces with salt and turmeric powder till tender.
Add the ground paste in it, simmer for two
minutes. Temper with the ingredients mentioned and serve hot with rice, curd
rice, chapatti etc.
Note:
Since water
melon pieces are watery, add water according to the consistency required.
You can add little bit of sugar or jaggrey, if you prefer.
You can add little bit of sugar or jaggrey, if you prefer.
You can make
kootu with Chou chou (Bangalore kahtrikai), Yam/Chena/elephant foot/suran,
White pumpkin, red pumpkin, green brinjal etc.
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