Green papaya kootu recipe, pappali kai kootu

Raw papaya can be made as kootu and served as accompaniment in south Indian meals. A simple and delicious kootu, pleasant to eyes as well as tastes great.
After preparing pappali kai poriyal, I had half of the vegetable leftover. I wanted to try kootu with it. I prepared as the same way I make most of the other vegetables kootu. It turned out to be awesome. I loved the colour too. It is very simple to prepare, you can dum dal and papaya together in cooker and make it in a jiffy.

papaya kootu recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 15 mins |  Cook time: 15 mins |  Serves: 4  | Author: Raks anand

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Raw papaya can be made as kootu and served as accompaniment in south Indian meals. A simple and delicious kootu, pleasant to eyes as well as tastes great.

Ingredients

Papaya, unripe - 1/2
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Turmeric - 1/8 tsp
Salt - as needed
To grind
Coconut, scraped - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 2
Rice flour - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Small onion/ shallots - 2
To temper
Coconut oil - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Method:

1. Peel the papaya's skin well without any green hue. Slice into strips and then chop into cubes.
2. In a small pressure cooker, add moong dal, top with the chopped papaya, salt, turmeric and water just to immerse the vegetable.
3. Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
4. Meanwhile grind coconut, green chilli and rice flour with very little water. Add cumin and peeled shallots, give it a run.
5. Add the ground coconut mixture to the kootu and boil for 2 mins.
6. Heat a kadai, add oil, splutter mustard, followed by urad dal, curry leaves. Pour it to the kootu and stir well. 

Notes

• Makes sure not to overcook the vegetable. You can cook dal, vegetable separately also and make kootu.
• My chopped papaya came around roughly 2 & 1/2 cups.
• Skip onion if you do not like. But it lends a nice aroma.

Tags: green papaya, raw papaya, papaya kootu

How to make papaya kootu, step by step pictures:

1. Peel the papaya's skin well without any green hue. Slice into strips and then chop into cubes.
2. In a small pressure cooker, add moong dal, top with the chopped papaya, salt, turmeric and water just to immerse the vegetable.
3. Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
4. Meanwhile grind coconut, green chilli and rice flour with very little water. Add cumin and peeled shallots, give it a run.
5. Add the ground coconut mixture to the kootu and boil for 2 mins.
6. Heat a kadai, add oil, splutter mustard, followed by urad dal, curry leaves. Pour it to the kootu and stir well. 

Serve as accompaniment for any tangy kuzhambu.

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