WATER MELON KOOTU (WATER MELON SUBZI)

Water melon is a summer cooler.   Started feeling  heat  and the availability of water melon is plenty now.  Whenever we buy watermelon,  used to make use of the  white portion of the melon either by making a pachadi, sambar, halva, dosa  or a kootu.  The mild sweet taste of the water melon with the  coconut flavor  and jaggery or  sugar make the curry very tasty and goes well with plain  rice,  curd rice, chapatti etc.

water melon kootu

watermelon kootu (water melon subzi in coconut gravy)

                                                              Water melon kootu with cumin seeds, coconut and green chilli

                     


Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1 cup water melon white portion cut into small cubes.

¼ cup chana dal/Bengal gram/kadala parippu or moongdal

Salt as required

A pinch of turmeric powder

For Gravy:

WITH COCONUT

1 red chilli or green chilli

¼ tsp cumin seeds

¼ cup grated fresh coconut (if you need more can make it upto ½ cup)

1 tbsp urid dal

1 tsp oil

WITHOUT COCONUT

1 red chilli or green chilli

¼ tsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp urid dal

1 tsp oil

1 tsp raw rice

Tempering:

1 tsp coconut oil (can use any other oil too)

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urid dal

Few curry leaves.

1 red chilli broken into pieces

METHOD:

USING COCONUT

Heat oil in a kadai and roast the urid dal and chilli if you are using red one.   Add to the coconut, cumin seeds and grind to a smooth paste.   If you are using green chilli, add coconut cumin seeds and grind. You can use or opt the urid dal.  Cook the water melon pieces with salt and turmeric powder till tender. Add the ground paste in it, simmer for two minutes.  Temper with the ingredients mentioned and serve hot with rice, curd rice, chapatti etc.

WITHOUT COCONUT

Wash and dry roast the raw rice and keep aside.  Heat oil and roast the urid dal and red chilli.  If you are using green chilli you can opt the urid dal if you want.

  Grind the roasted dal, chilli, rice by adding water and keep aside.  Cook the water melon pieces with salt and turmeric powder till tender. 

  Add the ground paste in it, simmer for two minutes. Temper with the ingredients mentioned and serve hot with rice, curd rice, chapatti etc.

Note:

Since water melon pieces are watery, add water according to the consistency required.

You can add little bit of sugar or jaggrey, if you prefer.

You can make kootu with Chou chou (Bangalore kahtrikai), Yam/Chena/elephant foot/suran, White pumpkin, red pumpkin, green brinjal etc.

 WATER MELON RECIPES:  water melon kheer,  water melon curry, water melon dosa, water melon halva, water melon rasam, water melon kootu

water melon juice


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