Koottu and Poriyal are the veggie based accompaniments that is served with traditional TamilNadu style Lunch menu. If you are new to cooking Tamil cuisine I hope this helps 🙂
Kootu(கூட்டு) is generally made from combining veggies along with a lentil(be it Moong/Masoor/Toor/ChannaDal) & coconut paste. It is slightly runny in texture.You can adjust the consistency based on your preference. Check this post for a detailed Koottu recipe prepared with Cucumber
Poriyal (பொரியல்) is a dry stir fry kind of side dish that is made with a basic Tadka+Spices+Grated Coconut & any veggies of your choice
The Broccoli Channa Dal koottu is my little one’s favorite. She is very choosy 🤷 It makes me so happy whenever she asks for extra serving of veggies. Paruppu Sadham+Nei+few spoons of Rasam+Koottu is the standard lunch menu for the little one.
In this recipe if you don’t have time to soak Channa Dal you can add 1/2 cup of Canned Chickpeas instead.
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 10 minutes |
| Passive Time | 20 minutes for soaking Channa Dal |
| Servings |
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- 400 gms Broccoli
- 1/2 cup Channa Dal
- 1/2 cup masoor dal if you don't have this Orange lentils you can substitute with Moong Dal
- 1/2 cup Grated Coconut
- 1 dried red chilli or 1 Green Chilli
- 1 teaspoon jeera
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp Hing
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- Few Curry leaves
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- Soak Channa Dal in water for about 20 minutes
- Grind together Grated Coconut, Dried Red chilli and Jeera to a paste. Add water while grinding
- Wash Broccoli florets in warm water
- Turn on 'Saute' mode and add coconut oil
- Add Mustard seeds, Urad dal, Curry leaves. Let it splutter
- Add Broccoli florets. Saute for a minute.
- Add Channa Dal, Masoor Dal and Coconut Jeera Paste. Add 1 cup water, salt, hing and turmeric
- Mix everything well
- Turn off 'Saute' mode and Turn on 'Pressure Cook' mode
- Set the timer to '8'
- Wait for 3-4 minutes and manually release the pressure. This is how it looks
- The bottom of the pot looks like this
- Now add 1/2 cup of water. Adjust salt
- Delicious Broccoli Channa Dal koottu is ready to be served with Rice
- The same recipe can be made without Instant Pot too.
- Steam Broccoli separately, pressure cook Masoor Dal+Channa Dal together, prepare coconut paste
- Mix all the three together and atleast add Tadka
- If you want to serve the same dish as a side to Chapathi you can also add Onions,Tomatoes and Masala Powders. This variation tastes delicious too