Kootumman/ Valval/ Mixed Veg Coconut Milk Curry.

Kootumman /koottumman also known as valval is a traditional GSB Konkani style very tasty and easy to prepare mixed vegetable curry cooked in coconut milk and goes well with rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Kootumman / Valval.

Ingredients:-

Potato.                     -2
Colocasia root.        -5 or 6
Ash gourd.               -a small piece
Pumpkin.                  -a small piece
Green chilly.             -6
Thick Coconut milk.-1 cup
Thin Coconut milk.  -2 cup
Asafoetida.               -1tsp
Curry leaves.            -few
Salt.                           -to taste
Coconut oil.              -1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel and remove the outer skin of potato and colocasia roots and chop them into square pieces and wash well. Chop and remove the outer skin of pumpkin and ash gourd . Wash and chop them into large pieces. Wash and half slit green chillies.

2). Grate a large coconut and grind in a mixer grinder. Squeeze and extract thick coconut milk and transfer to a bowl. Again grind the coconut residue in mixer grinder adding 2 cup of water. Squeeze and extract second coconut milk and transfer to another bowl.

Method:-

1). In a wide bottom cooking vessel add chopped colocasia root, chopped potato, 2 cup thin coconut milk and 1/2 cup of water. Boil and cook on low flame.

2). When potato pieces and colocasia root pieces half cooked add chopped ash gourd pieces and chopped pumpkin pieces into the vessel. Add half slit green chillies and required salt into the vessel.Mix well and cook the vegetables till soft on low flame.

3). Once vegetables are cooked add 1cup of thick coconut milk into the vessel and stir well. Simmer for 2 minutes and switch off the flame.

4). Add asafoetida (hing powder) into the curry. Add few curry leaves and mix well.

5). Add 1tsp coconut oil over the curry and close the vessel with lid.

Koottumman / Valval / Mixed Vegetable Coconut Milk Curry is ready to serve hot with rice.