Poosanikkai Mor Kootu / Ash Gourd Stew With Buttermilk
Poosanikkai Mor Kootu is one of the comfort foods to try on lazy days. This kootu with hot rice and lentils (paruppu) is an excellent filling meal.
When it comes to comfort food, my go-to recipe is a kootu. I love eating hot kootu with rice and paruppu. I make kootu on lazy days when I am not in the mood to cook anything elaborate.
Kootu makes up for a complete meal and is very filling as well. The Mor kootu is something similar to aviyal except that I have made it just with possanikkai / ash gourd here. We could use the same recipe to make mor kootu with snake gourd, cabbage, or a mixture of vegetables.
If looking for a slightly spicy kootu with poosanikkai check out this recipe which is kind of a poricha kootu or this Kerala-style Poosanikkai kootu. Also, check out my complete list of kootu here.
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 30 minutes
difficulty level - easy
Ingredients to make Poosanikkai Mor Kootu - serves 4
- Poosanikkai / Ash Gourd / White pumpkin - 3 cups (chopped into ½ inch pieces)
- Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
- Yogurt (preferably a little sour) - 1 cup (whisked with ½ cup of water)
- Salt - to taste
To Grind into paste -
- Coconut - ½ cup
- Cumin seeds - 1 ½ tsp
- Green chilies - 4 to 5
- Raw rice - 1 tsp
To season -
- Oil - 2 teaspoon (preferably coconut oil)
- Mustard seeds - 1tsp
- Ullutham paruppu / Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Asafetida - a pinch
Procedure to make Poosanikkai Mor Kootu -
- Chop the ash gourd / poosanikkai into bite-size cubes. Place it in a pan with about ½ cup of water and turmeric powder.
- Let the vegetables cook until they are soft.
- Meanwhile, grind the coconut, green chilies, cumin seeds, and rice into a smooth paste. You could add a little water when grinding.
- Combine this mixture with the whisked yogurt and keep it ready
- Once the vegetable is cooked well, drain any excess water. Add the salt needed and the coconut mixture and let the kootu simmer for flavors to combine.
- Heat oil for seasoning and add the seasoning ingredients. Add it to the simmering kootu.
- Serve hot with rice, paruppu (dal), and ghee!
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Recipe
Poosanikkai Mor Kootu / Ash Gourd Stew With Buttermilk
Equipment
- bowl
- Grinder
- Pot
Ingredients
- 3 cups Poosanikkai / Ash Gourd / White pumpkin chopped into ½ inch pieces
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 cup Yogurt preferable a little sour
- to taste Salt
To Grind into paste -
- ½ cup Coconut -
- 1½ cup Cumin seeds
- 4-5 Green chilies
- 1 teaspoon Raw rice
To season -
- 2 teaspoon Oil preferable coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Ullutham paruppu / Urad dal
- few Curry leaves
- a pinch Asafetida
Instructions
- Chop the ash gourd / poosanikkai into bite size cubes. Place it in a pan with about ½ cup of water and turmeric powder.
- Let the vegetable cook until they are soft.
- Meanwhile, grind the coconut, green chilies, cumin seeds and rice into a smooth paste. You could add a little water when grinding.
- Combine this mixture with the whisked yogurt and keep it ready
- Once the vegetable is cooked well, drain any excess water. Add salt needed and the coconut mixture and let the kootu simmer for flavors to combine.
- Heat oil for seasoning and add the seasoning ingredients. Add it to the simmering kootu.
- Serve hot with rice , paruppu (dal) and ghee!
A good addition to the dinner table. Homey and comforting.
Simple and homey. Love it.
New to me looks yum
I love this simple and delicious kootu. Looks too good.
Yummy Curry!!Love buttermilk in any form!!
I too love this kootu . Looks so delicious.
Such a wonderful meal you got there Sandhya. Lovely clicks too!!
What an inviting meal Sandhya..very nice..
I love this kootu stew just with rice and pickle. This is awesome.
I know what a kootu is and in fact I have made a similar one for one. Of the BMs. Sadly I still not able to remember the local names., but I have to admit the kootu looks absolutely stunning, excellent clicks.
Just love this kootu with some spicy potatoes, comforting food for me.
yummy ! that dish is enticing me to make it soon 🙂 I love the same combo, Sandhya - Paruppu, saadham + mor kootu