1 cup tur, (toor) gram dal
200 g cabbage
50 g french beans
1 ripe tomato
1 drumstick
1 tsp thick tamarind juice
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp chile powder
1/2 tsp asafetida
1/2 tsp peeled black gram dal
1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
1 Tbs dhaniya seeds
6 pepper seeds
coconut, (a small piece)
salt, to taste


Boil dal.
Chop vegetables into small pieces. Boil.
Mix both with chile powder, salt, asafetida, sugar and tamarind juice.
Heat oil. fry black gram dal and mustard seeds.
Grind coconut, dhaniya seeds and pepper seeds.
Add both masalas to the kootu, cook for 5 minutes on low heat.