About The Recipe:

Palakaai Kootu With Thengai Pal | Raw Jack Fruit Kootu With Coconut Milk recipe in a easy pressure cooking method. It is made with the main ingredients of palakaai, pasi paruppu and fresh coconut milk. At my home, we usually make kootu once in a week. We usually make with the gourds vegetables only, this time we tried with palakaai. It is easy to make. I feel little difficult to clean the palakaai. Now lets see how to make this palakaai kootu recipe with easy step by step images, instructions and video.

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Recipe : Palakaai Thengai Pal Kootu | Raw Jack Fruit Kootu | Pressure Cook Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Recipe Cuisine: Indian Recipe Category: Kootu Serves: 3 persons

Ingredients :

Palakaai | Raw Jack Fruit - 1\2 no (small)

Pasi Paruppu - 1\4 cup

Oil - 2 tbsp

Mustard Seeds - 1\4 tsp

Asafoetida - 1\4 tsp

Sambar Onion - 1\2 cup (finely chopped)

Crushed Garlic - 3 to 4 nos

Green Chili - 2 nos (slit)

Tomato - 1 no (finely chopped)

Turmeric Powder - 1\4 tsp

Cumin Seeds Powder - 1\2 tsp

Salt - as required

2nd Coconut Milk - 1\2 cup

1st Coconut Milk - 3\4 cup

Coriander Leaves - 3 to 4 stk (finely chopped)

Method :

Preparation, remove the outer hard skin and center hard part with the sharp knife. Cut the flush into small pieces and immerse in the water, to avoid discoloration. For this kootu, we need one cup of palakaai only. To cook the pasi paruppu, take a pressure cooker pan, add a cup of water, bring to boil, place the pasi paruppu with half a cup of water in a bowl, cover the pan with lid, cook for an whistle and three minutes over simmer. When all the steam has released, open the pan and keep aside the pasi paruppu.

To make the kootu, heat the oil in a pressure cooker pan, temper the mustard seeds and urad dal. After splutter stir in the asafoetida. Add the onion, garlic, green chili and curry leaves, saute till the onion turns slightly golden colour. Add the palakaai and saute for an minute. Add the tomato and cook till soft. Add the cumin seeds powder, turmeric powder and required salt, saute for an minute.

Add the second coconut milk, mix well and bring to boil. Cover with lid, pressure cook for an whistle and five minutes over simmer. When all the steam has released, open the pan, add the first coconut milk, mix well and boil for an minute. Finally add the coriander leaves, mix well and the palakaai kootu is ready.

Notes: To easily handle the palakaai, grease your palms and then cut to avoid stickiness. Also immerse the palakaai flush in the ordinary water to avoid discoloration. Add the first extract coconut milk at last for the best taste and also no need to cook more than an minute.

Step By Step Images:

Palakaai kootu required ingredients are shown in the above image.

Preparation, steps to clean and use the palakkai, grease your hands and cut the palakaai into half. Then remove the outer skin and center hard part. Then cut the palakaai flush into small pieces and immerse the ordinary water to avoid its discoloration. To cook the pasi paruppu, take a pressure cooker pan, add a cup of water, bring to boil, place the pasi paruppu with half a cup of water in a bowl, then cover the pan, cook for an whistle and three minutes over simmer. When all the steam has released, open the pan and keep aside the pasi paruppu.

To make the palakaai kootu | raw jack fruit kootu, heat the oil in a pressure cooker pan, temper the mustard seeds and urad dal. After splutter, add the asafoetida and stir for few seconds.

Add the sambar onion, crushed garlic, green chli slit and curry leaves, mix well and saute till the onion turns slightly golden colour. Then the prepared palakkai and saute for an minute.

Add the tomato and cook till soft. Add the cumin seeds powder, turmeric powder and required crystal salt, mix well and cook for an minute.

Now add the second coconut milk, mix well and bring to boil. Cover the pressure cooker pan, cook for an whistle in high flame and five minutes over simmer. When all the steam has released from the pan, open it and mix well.

Add the cooked pasi paruppu and mix well. Then add the first coconut milk and mix well.

Boil for an minute. Finally add the coriander leaves, mix well and the palakaai kootu is ready.

Serving Suggestion: Palakaai kootu goes with karunai kizhangu varuval. Page: Collection Of Kootu Recipes. Variation: Similarly you can also try with raw papaya and gourds vegetables. If you like this recipe: You will like this palakaai brinji recipe also. Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share on facebook

By Kalais