Vatha Kuzhambu Kootu Podi curry - lunch combo

Meal preparation

Chop and keep, white pumpkin and brinjal  ready if you are using frozen coconut, thaw them Keep rice  Pressure cook dal

 Grind

Saute channa dal, coriander seeds, and red chili till they turn golden brown. Cool and coarse grind for Brinjal podi curry Grind coconut, green chilli, and cumin seeds with water for Vellai Poosanikai kootu

Lunch cooking 

Manthakkali Vathal kuzhambu

Firstly, temper mustard seeds, channa dal, red chilli, curry leaves and vathal Quick saute sambar powder Add tamarind paste, salt, and water; boil till raw smell goes odd Finally, add jaggery and boil; turn off the stove

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White pumpkin Kootu 

Cook white pumpkin, with little water, required salt and ground paste, till pumpkin turn fork tender Add cooked dal and boil Finally, temper mustard seeds, urad dal, and curry leaves in coconut oil and add to the kootu

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Brinjal podi curry

Saute brinjal with required salt, tamarind paste, till they turn soft. let it cool  Add coarse powder and saute, prepare poriyal

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