Radish Curry / Mullangi Kootu Recipe

This recipe is  my Mom in law's. Radish is a fiber rich vegetable and and also having numerous nutritional benefits. Radish can be made in variety of ways like sambar, salad, subbji, curry etc., I am now sharing one of my favorite recipe made using radish vegetable.

Ingredients:

1. White / Red Radish - 1 no
2. Channa Dhal - 1/2 cup
3. Mustard - 1 tsp
4. Turmeric - 1 tsp
5. Shallots - 5 nos
6. Garlic - 2 nos
7. Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
8. Green / Red chilli  - 2 nos
9. Cumin / Jeera - 2 tsp
10. Curry leaves - 2 sprig
11. Coriander leaves 
12. Cooking Oil - 2 tbsp
13. Salt as per taste

Cooking Method:

• Soak the channa Dahl for about half an hour.
• Cook the Radish and soaked channa dal separately and keep it aside.
• Grind Coconut, jeera, garlic, curry leaves, green chilli in a mixie.

• In a pan add oil followed by mustard onion, curry leaves.
• After a while add the grounded coconut masala paste and saute for some time.
• Then add the cooked channa dal, cooked radish and add some water, salt stir well, close the lid and cook for about 5 mins. Stir in between.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

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Notes:

For variations you can use snake gourd, white pumkin, chow chow vegetable and some more fibrous vegetables using this method for preparing kootu.