Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu

Name: Mixed Summer Vegetable Paal(Milk) Kootu
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup bottle gourd; 1/2 cup snake gourd; 1/2 cup radish; 1/2 cup pumpkin; 1/2 cup chow chow (chayote squash); 1 onion; 1/4 cup grated coconut; 2 teaspoon (1+1 for grinding and for temper) cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; 1 tablespoon coconut oil; 3/4 cup milk(full fat milk); 2 green chillies; 1 dry chilli; 3 sprig curry leaves; 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste

Jayanthy Asokan @cook_11930587

Trichy (Tamilnadu)

#SummerFood
Mixed summer vegetable paal kootu is a soothing refreshing dish for this scorching heat. It goes well with steamed rice, Adai ,idli and dosa .Here I've used five summer vegetables like pumpkin, bottle gourd,radish,snake gourd and Chow Chow ( cayote squash). It is also a comfort dish for this Summer.

Jayanthy Asokan @cook_11930587

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 servings

1/2 cupbottle gourd
1/2 cupsnake gourd
1/2 cupradish
1/2 cuppumpkin
1/2 cupchow chow (chayote squash)
1onion
1/4 cupgrated coconut
2 teaspoon(1+1 for grinding and for temper) cumin seeds
1 teaspoonmustard seeds
1 tablespooncoconut oil
3/4 cupmilk(full fat milk)
2green chillies
1dry chilli
3 sprigcurry leaves
1/2 teaspoonsalt or to taste

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Chop all the vegetables into equal sizes as shown.
2

Boil 2 cup of water and to it add chopped chow chow (chayote squash) and radish. Add 3/4 teaspoon cumin to it. Let it cook for 5 minutes on medium heat.
3

Vegetables should be cooked well and firm not mushy.
4

Now add chopped pumpkin,snake gourd and bottle gourd to the boiling vegetables. Let it cook until all the vegetables are well cooked.
5

In a mixer, grind grated coconut, green chillies and cumin to a fine paste. Add the coconut paste to the boiled vegetables.
6

Add salt to taste and gently mix. Add full fat milk to it and let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Switch off the heat.
7

In a pan add coconut oil on a medium heat. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let it splutter. To it add chopped onion and dry chilli.Saute till Onion is translucent. Finally add curry leaves and add to the boiled Paal kootu. Gently mix the Paal kootu and transfer it to a serving dish.
8

Serve Summer Vegetable Paal Kootu with steamed hot rice. Simple and easy Paal kootu is a soothing dish for this scorching heat.