Tag: Green Gram Dal

Kootu

Pumpkin Palak Kootu

This pumpkin and palak kootu is a nutritious South Indian dish. It blends sweet pumpkin and earthy palak with creamy green gram dal. Flavored with sambar powder, turmeric, and tamarind it offers a balance of tangy, savory, and mildly spicy tastes. Tempered with mustard seeds and garlic, it pairs well with rice or roti.

Kootu

Suraikai Kadalai Kootu

Suraikai kadalai Kootu is a nutritious South Indian dish featuring bottle gourd, green gram dal, and boiled black chickpeas. It serves as a delightful side or main dish, complementing steamed rice for a wholesome meal.

Kootu

Pumpkin Carrot Kootu

Pumpkin Carrot Kootu is a nutritious South Indian dish featuring a blend of sweet pumpkin and carrot, complemented by green gram dal. Enhanced with sambar powder and aromatic kootu podi, it is finished with a fragrant tadka of mustard seeds, urad dal, onions, and curry leaves, making it ideal with rice or chapati.

Poriyal

Carrot Beans Poriyal

Carrot Beans Poriyal is a flavorful South Indian stir-fry of chopped beans and carrots tempered with mustard, urad dal, and curry leaves, then cooked with spices. It’s finished with squeezed green gram dal and grated coconut.

Sweets

Kummayam

Discover the delectable “Kummayam” or “Aadi Kummayam”, a divine sweet dish made with lentils and jaggery, served as Prasadam during “Aadi Velli” or “Aadi Sevvai”. Perfect for divine indulgence.