Avarakkai Kootu Recipe | Broad Beans Kootu | Side Dish for Rice and Chapathi

AVARARAKKAI KOOTU | BROAD BEANS STEW | STARTUP COOKING

Avarakkai kootu is a simple South Indian recipe made with toor dal, moong dal, broad beans and grated coconut. Broad beans is also known as “avarakkai” in Tamil. This recipe is so simple, healthy and easy to make. Kootu is a semi solid curry and goes well with rice, roti and chapathi.

We can replace broad beans with French beans or drumstick leaves, chow chow or bottle gourd. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Avarakkai Kootu. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Kootu Collection List

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RECIPE FOR AVARAKKAI KOOTU

Coarse : Lunch – Side dish for Rice

Cuisine : South Indian

Author : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Total Time : 30 min

INGREDIENTS

2 cup broad beans / Avarakkai

2 tbsp toor dal

1 tbsp moong dal

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1.5 tsp sambar powder

salt to taste

1 cup water

For Grind

1/4 cup grated coconut

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp roasted gram dal (pottukadalai)

For Seasoning

1 tsp oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal

1 spring curry leaves

1 tbsp coriander leaves – for garnish (optional)

PROCEDURE

take broad beans in the chopping board

cut both the ends and remove the string from the sides of the beans and then clean in fresh water

cut the broad beans in to thin strips

soak toor dal and moong dal in water for 10 minutes

in the mixer grinder add grated coconut, roasted gram dal and cumin seeds

grind to a smooth paste with little water

in the pressure cooker pan, add soaked dal, chopped broad beans, turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt

add 1 cup water and mix well

pressure cook for 4 whistle and then switch off the flame

once the pressure subsides down naturally, open the cooker, add ground coconut paste and mix well

cook on low medium heat until the kootu thickens slightly

in the meanwhile, heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter

add Urad Dal and allow it to change the color and then add curry leaves

pour the seasoning over the kootu and mix well

the consistency of the kootu should neither be too thick or too thin, should be medium consistency

broad beans kootu ready to serve

enjoy avarakkai kootu with hot steamed rice with pickle or papad or we can enjoy with Chapathi

taste delicious ????

Notes

replace sambar powder with red chili powder or else you can add 2 green chilli and grind along with coconut and cumin seed
clean the broad beans after removing the strings from the beans