Vegetable kootu

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Vegetable Kootu is a veggie rich semi liquid curry , a Tamil Nadu native that can be had with both rice and roti. Its a sure addition into the cook-book of the health conscious as it hardly has any place for unwanted calories. 
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Ingredients : 

• Cabbage - 100 gm
• Carrot - 100 gm
• Beans - 50 gm 
• Cauliflower - 1/2 
• Green peas - 100 gm
• Salt - to taste 
• Moong daal - 25 gm
• Channa daal - 25 gm
• Green chilies - 5
• Finely chopped garlic - 2 tbsp
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup 
• Curry leaves 
• Refined oil - 4 tbsp
• Jeera/ cumin seeds  - 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp

Method :

• Cut all the veggies into small pieces .
• Boil them for ten minutes by adding a pinch of  salt.
• Drain the vegetable stalk and keep it aside for later use .
• Heat oil in a pan ; add mustard seeds , cumin seeds , curry leaves , green chilies , moong daal , chopped garlic , grated coconut and chenna daal.
• Fry for two minutes .
• Add boiled vegetable and salt to this.
• Saute for five minutes .
•  Add 1 small cup of the vegetable stalk to this and let cook for another two minutes.
• Taken this into a serving bowl and garnish with fresh coriander and grated coconut .

 Don't cook  the veggies in the stalk for longer than two minutes as they may get over-cooked . We only need the stalk to capture the flavor of the spices.