YAM KOOTU

This is one of my favourite veggie and my mom makes it super yum.. Unfortunately my husband is allergic to yam so i can not make it, hence when i go to mom's house, she first makes this for me.

Ingredients :

Yam cut into small cubes – 1 cup

Lobia soaked in water for an hour – ½ cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Make a paste of :

Fresh grated coconut – ½ cup

Jeera – 1 tsp

Red chillies – 3-4

Urad dal roasted – 1 tsp

For tempering :

Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

Rai – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – 4-5

Method :

1)     Cook the lobia in the cooker with turmeric powder and salt for 1 whistle (do not mash it, it gets cooked easily)

2)     Cook the cubed yam in an open pan with salt and turmeric powder till cooked

3)     Add the paste and the cooked lobia and mix well, cook for 5 mins

4)     Take a small pan add coconut oil and splutter rai and urad dal

5)     Add curry leaves and temper the kootu

Note :

you can make it slightly thicker and have it with  rotis as well