Pulipu kootu

Pressure cook the 1/4 cup channa dal and any vegetable of your choice (ash guard, chaiyote).

Boil tamrid in water. Add the pressure cooked vegetable and dal with 1 spoon of sambar powder (not the dosa sambar).

In little oil fry perungayam, red chillies, channa dal. Cool and grind with coconut. Add this mixture and boil it for 3 - 4 minutes.

Season the kootu with mustard and curry leaves.