Ingredients
- Brinjal – 4 to 5 Nos
- Green Gram Dhal – 1/2 cup
- Bengal gram dhal – 1 tablespoon
- Onion – 1 small
- Green Chillies – 2
- Coconut gratings – 2 tablespoon
- Jeera – 1/2 teaspoon
- Sambar Powder – 1 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder – a pinch
- Curry leaves – few
- Oil – 1 teaspoon
- Mustard – 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- Cook both green gram and bengal gram dhal together till it is soft.
- Cut the brinjal into small size pieces and put it in a thick bottomed vessel. Pour water just to cover the vegetable. Add sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt. Cook on medium flame till the brinjal is soft.
- Meantime, grind coconut gratings, green chillies and jeera together to a coarse paste.
- When the brinjal is cooked well, add the cooked dhal and the coconut paste and mix well. Allow to boil for few minutes.
- Season it with mustard, onion chopped finely and curry leaves.
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Hi Revathi,
Thank you for visiting my site and your comments.
Hi Kamala ma,
Thanks for the delicious and simple recipe. I tried ur kootu and it came out very well! I have posted the recipe in my blog too. Do visit when u get time. – http://www.myscrawls.com/anu-kitchen/brinjal-kootu
Thanks! 🙂
Thank you for visiting my blog and trying this recipe. Your post is perfect and the picture is very nice.
Kamala mam
U r amazing n so creative person. Even if I have few things in kitchen I can still make some great dish because of ur recipes. Thank u so much.
Thank you for your kind words Sushmita Mitra.
Is that must to add both dal for brinjal kootu
You can prepare it only with Green gram dal too.