Brinjal Plantain Kootu Recipes

Steps:

• Soak the cut brinjal and plantain in water, for five minutes and wash.
• Take tamarind water in a vessel and boil the brinjal and plaintain together for ten minutes (add water if needed).
• As it boils, add Asafoetida powder, turmeric powder and salt.
• In the interim, take a pan and fry coriander seeds, channa dhal and dried red chillies without oil, till channa dhal turns brown.
• Dry grind this mixture and keep aside.
• Also have thoor dhal cooked.
• Now add the cooked thoor dhaal to the boiling mixture of brinjal and plantain.
• Add the ground mixture to the above.
• Let everything boil for five minutes.
• Meanwhile, take little oil in another pan, let it heat and then add mustard and cumin seeds.
• Wait till mustard splutters and then add curry leaves.
• Garnish the kootu with this mustard, cumin and curry leaves.
• Brinjal-Plantain Kootu is ready to be served with rice.